Tob. Sci., 1983, 27-39, p. 151-153, ISSN. 0082-4523
Anther restoration in male-sterile tobacco by nucleolus organizing chromosomes: a restorer from Nicotiana bigelovii
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Substitution of Nicotiana tabacum nuclei in the cytoplasm of N. bigelovii resulted in tobacco-like plants with abortive anthers. The defect could be partially corrected by addition of a particular N. bigelovii chromosome. As had been found with other...