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Interspecific Hybrids between Tea (Camellia sinensis) and Wilson's Camellia (C. irrawadiensis) I. Morphology and Cytology of F1 Hybrids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

H. P. Bezbaruah
Affiliation:
Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat-8, Assam, India

Summary

Crosses were made between tea (Camellia sinensis L.) and Wilson's camellia (C. irrawadiensis Barua), using tea as the female parent, but reciprocal crosses were not successful. The F1 hybrids were intermediate in morphological and anatomical characters between the parents. Regular meiosis and high pollen fertility in the hybrids clearly indicate a close relationship between the parental genomes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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