Dorossiev, L. New possibilities for
using sterility ps John Baer
in hybrid seed production of
tomato. [Submitted by C.
Daskaloff]
In crossing line 159 and line 160
(Dorossiev, TGC 25, 1975) the new
line No. 180 (sp, c, ex, ps, aw)
was obtained. In this
line, because of the nearly full absence of growing together between the
petals and anthers and the action factors ex, the stigma is early
accessible for pollination, and the presence of two recessive genetic
markers c and aw allows the elimination of eventual impurities from self-
pollination which in our experiments turned out to be lower than 0.2%.
Besides, the volume of work in BC is reduced several times because of the
strong linkage of the genes ps and aw, and that allows in BC in F2 to
flowering to grow only anthocyaninless plants, which represent 25% of the
whole material and nearly all of them are sterile.
These peculiarities of line 180 make it very suitable for using in
hybrid seed production in tomato.