CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Santa Cruz do Sul, 2005, APOST 27
Obtaining Nicotiana repanda and Nicotiana tabacum fertile hybrids using gamete cell irradiation and immature embryo recovery
BAT-Souza Cruz, Tobacco Breeding Center, Rio Negro, Paraná, Brazil; Plant Breeding Lab., Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura CENA/USP, Piracicaba, SP, Brasil.
Considerable efforts have been made to obtain fertile hybrids between Nicotiana repanda Willd (2n=48) and Nicotiana tabacum (2n=48) once N. repanda was reported to be resistant to Meloidogyne javanica, a root-knot nematode which is found worldwide...