FERTILE INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION CELL FUSION FOR HIGHER PLANTS

摘要

Interspecific plant hybrids are produced by parasexual procedures. Protoplasts of separate plant species are isolated, fused, and induced to regenerate into plants. The somatic hybrids are recovered from a mixed population of parental and fused protoplasts by a selective screening method that relies on differential growth of the hybrid on defined culture media. The biochemical and morphological characteristics of the somatically produced hybrid are identical to those of the sexually produced amphiploid.