annie
Tomato Gardener
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Post by annie on May 3, 2010 5:29:17 GMT -5
First post here!
This upcoming season will be the first time I try my hand at crossing tomatoes. I guess I'll need to buy some of those jewelers' forcepts, maybe even with the magnifying glass so I can see what I'm doing. The rest of the equipment can be devised at home!
I've enjoyed reading the posts on tomato breeding. So, just curious about something. What would happen if a female flower were pollinated with TWO different varieties of male flowers? I'd think the pollen of both male varieties could be introduced and the female would absorb both of them. But maybe not. Could anyone tell me?
[BTW, any administrator, could you remove the username annie1? When I first registered, the computer told me the username, annie, was taken, so I added the number 1 to it. But apparently it wasn't taken.]
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Post by gobmaters on May 3, 2010 10:08:21 GMT -5
If you want to mix a lot of genetic traits, do this. Cross variety A x variety B and make another cross of variety C x variety D. Then cross the two resultant F1 hybrids (A x B) x (C x D). For the most diversity, choose parents that differ greatly in their genetic traits such as fruit color, size, flavor, plant type , maturity but pick traits you are interested in combining and want to come up with something different and better than what exists in any of the varieties already. This will give you a population from which you can select for a lot of recombination of traits coming from four parents.
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jcm05
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Post by jcm05 on May 3, 2010 10:43:49 GMT -5
So, conceivably then, it is possible for a fruit with 100 seeds to have each seed have a different daddy? ;D
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annie
Tomato Gardener
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Post by annie on May 3, 2010 11:37:29 GMT -5
John, it's quite a promiscuous undertaking, isn't it? Mulio, thanks and okay, got it! Gobmater, maybe that's the way to go for great diversity or maybe something really new. It's probably too complicated for me to try this year, since I have to get the technique under my belt first and then see what comes of the crosses I plan, maybe two of them this year. But I'll keep it in mind.
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