
doi: 10.1007/bf00037106
Reciprocal crosses were made between highbush Vaccinium corymbosum L. cultivars (4X) and high, medium and low frequency diplandroid pollen producing diploid clones of V. elliotti (Chapm.) and diploid pubescent forms of V. corymbosum. Pollination of 3,342 flowers produced 15 hybrids-11 tetraploids and 4 triploids. All V. elliottii hybrids were tetraploid while each successful diploid-tetraploid V. corymbosum cross produced at least one triploid. The ratio of tetraploid hybrids to 100 pollinations (H: 100P) was considered to be the best criterion for assessing crossability. Vaccinium elliottii produced a total of 8 4X hybrids while 2X V. corymbosum only produced 3. Vaccinium elliottii was more successful as a female parent and diploid V. corymbosum only produced hybrids as male parents. High frequency diplandroid clones showed a lower mean crossability as pollen parents (H: 100P=0.2) than medium frequency diplandroid clones (H: 100P=0.8). As predicted, 0% diplandroid clones wer unsuccessful as pollen parents. Unreduced pollen production was essential for tetraploid hybrid production in 4X×2X crosses. There appeared to be no consistent, inherent pattern between 2n pollen and 2n egg production in a clone nor was a tetraploid genotype effect on crossability consistently observed.
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