Cytogenetic Studies of Crosses between Lolium multiflorum Lam. and Festuca arundinacea Schreb. III. The Generations C1, C2 and C3 |
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| Authors: | G Kleijer |
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| Institution: | Author's address: Dr. G. Kleijer;, Station Fédérale de Recherches Agronomiques de Changins, CH-1260 Nyon (Suisse). |
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| Abstract: | Meiotic observations of 56-chromosome plants of the C1, C2 and C3 generations of the amphidiploid Lolium multiflorum × Festuca arundinacea showed that most of the chromosomes paired as bivalents. However, uni- and multivalents were frequently observed. No difference in meiotic regularity and stability could be detected between the different generations. The average chromosome number and; the percentage of 56-chromosome plants decreased with increasing generations. The direct use of the 56-chromosome amphidiploids of L. multiflorum and F. arundinacea in a breeding programme appears to be quite difficult, but these plants can be used in a backcross programme with Lolium and Festuca. |
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| Keywords: | Lolium multiflorum Festuca arundinacea intergeneric hybrids amphidiploids meiotic analyses aneuploids |
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