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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages 20-21Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.05.021
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Switchgrass; Polyploidization; Colchicine; Tetraploid; Octoploid; Flow cytometry
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Polyploidization is regularly regarded as an important tool for the generation of innovative germplasm resources and plant breeding. In this study, autopolyploid switchgrass lines were produced from calli derived from immature inflorescence of tetraploid switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), both lowland cv. Alamo and Kanlow, and upland cv. Ranlow, through colchicine treatments. Ploidy levels of plantlets regenerated from the calli were screened by flow cytometry. Growth characteristics of the tetraploid and octoploid switchgrass cultivars were further investigated in a field experiment. Compared with the tetraploid plants of the three switchgrass cultivars, the corresponding octoploid plants showed significant reduction in plant height, number of tillers per plant and fresh matter, but an increase in leaf length and width.
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