ISSN:
1432-2242
Keywords:
Low temperature adaptation
;
Lycopersicon
;
Pollen mixtures
;
Selective fertilization
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary In vitro pollen germination of cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., is inhibited by an ambient temperature of 5°C, more so than pollen from a Peruvian ecotype of Lycopersicon hirsutum Humb. & Bonpl. originating from an altitude of 3200 m. The frequency of L. hirsutum gametes contributing to hybrid zygote formation is more than doubled when controlled fertilizations with pollen mixtures of the two species occurs at 12/6°C as compared to crosses with the same mixtures at 24/19°C. The results suggest that differential selection at the gametophytic level occurs in response to low temperature regimes. To our knowledge this is the first time in higher plants that alteration of an environmental factor has been demonstrated to change selection values of male gametophytes in a fashion predicted by the ecology of the parental sporophytes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00265501
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