Inheritance of the trait of male sterility inCryptomeria japonica |
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Authors: | Hideaki Taira Maki Saito Yoshihiko Furuta |
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Affiliation: | (1) Course of Biosphere, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 950-2181 Niigata, Japan;(2) Forest Experiment Station, Toyama Forest and Forest Products, 950-1362 Toyama, Japan;(3) Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan |
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Abstract: | Matings of male-sterileC. japonica and fertile eliteC. japonica, as well as backcross seedlings of male-sterile trees, were carried out to clarify the genetic trait of male sterility of theC. japonica. The seeds from male-sterileC. japonica were germinated in an incubator and grown them in the greenhouse between 1994 and 1997. The seedlings were treated with 100 ppm gibberellin at early July 1994 and early July 1995 to promote the formation of male flowers. In the middle of January 1995, the male flowers of all seedlings were examined under the microscope to confirm the production of pollen. In January 1996, pollen did not developed in to the male flowers from the seedlings between the fertiled elite and backcrossC. japonica. In January 1997, all seedlings of eliteC. japonica produced pollen in their male flowers; however, pollen did not developed in 55 out of 120 backcrossed seedlings. This evidence suggests that the heredity pattern of male sterility inC. japonica is nuclear male sterility controlled by a pair of recessive genes. |
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Keywords: | Cryptomeria japonica heredity model male sterility nuclear genetic |
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