Intergeneric Hybrids

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2000.06.15 at 23:48:16(4795) Pete, What about to cross Lemna (any species) and Amorphophallus titanum? I don't know about chromosomal compatibility, but they are really close relatives (see French's work on restriction sites). The main question to ask is: Will this thing still float on the water surface during its flowering? Sorry guys, I couldn't resist... :o) Cheers, Eduardo. +More >Geoffrey > >The lack of intergeneric hybrids is not total. A Japanese plant >geneticist has crossed Alocasia odora with C. esculenta (very poor >seed set and those seedlings raised v. weak growing -as of last >year none yet flowered) which suggests that there may well be >complex barriers to overcome (since Alocasia and Colocasia are >certainly v. closely related). However, another reason is >undoubtedly that no-one has ever really tried. > >Pete > >---------------------------- >Peter Boyce >Herbarium >Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew >Richmond, Surrey >TW9 3AE >Tel. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5207 >fax. (+44) (0)20 8 332 5278 >email: p.boyce@rbgkew.org.uk (work) > boyce@pothos.demon.co.uk (home) > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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