Tob. Sci., 1968, 12-07, p. 23-24, ISSN.0082-4623
Research Note No. 2: Flower variegation in Nicotiana hybrids: Reproductive instability
Department of Crop Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
A chromosome segment from N. otophora carrying a dominant allele is unstable after transfer to N. tabacum due to spontaneous breakage in heterochromatin. The manifestation is somatic variegation. Plants homozygous for the segment fail to breed true...