Somaclonal variation in Cuphea wrightii 651.
1989
Olejniczak J. | Przybecki Z.
Recent attention has been focused on the domestication of species within the genus Cuphea as a new source of lauric and other medium chain fatty acids. Cuphea generally exhibit wild plant characteristics, which impede agricultural utilization. By means of in-vitro culture we want to overcome such wild plant characteristics. The variability of morphological traits in 2219 individual plants of a R2 generation and 131 families was studied. The R2 generation was obtained from 131 R1 plants which regenerated from leaf explants. Several variants of plants were recovered in the R2 such as dwarfs, changes in number of branches, viridis and darkgreen forms and some with small leaves. Frequency of this variants was higher than 7.8%. Plant height ranged from 9.0 cm to 77.0 cm with a mean of 48.5 cm.
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