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The Potential of Hybrid Varieties in Self-Pollinating Vegetables

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Reproductive Biology and Plant Breeding

Abstract

The next generation of successful cultivars in many self-pollinated crops will be F1 hybrids developed through a more systematic exploitation of the phenomenon of heterosis. Longer term, marketing and varietal protection issues aside, the most successful cultivars in terms of superior genotypes in self-pollinated crops may be inbred lines. Presently, commercial exploitation of hybrid vigor is limited to a relatively small number of vegetables despite evidence that heterosis above high-parent exists within many species (Table 1). Commercial development is limited to those crops in which the added value of heterosis is sufficient to justify the cost of hybrid seed production and development. The formula for successful application of heterosis is: added value > added cost of seed production. Much research has focused on the second half of the equation, i.e. the development of efficient pollination mechanisms for hybrid seed production (George, 1985). The objective of this paper is to focus an examination of the first half of the equation, i.e. maximizing the value added, by examining the genetic information relevant in the development of F1 hybrid cultivars in self-pollinated species.

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  1. Dept of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    James Nienhuis & Gavin Sills

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  1. La Minière, G.E.V.E.S., 78285, Guyancourt Cédex, France

    Yvette Dattée

  2. RCAP INRA 23879, Université Lyon I, Bât 741, 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre, 69622, Villeurbanne Cédex, France

    Christian Dumas

  3. Station de Génétique végétale, I.N.A.-P.G., Ferme du Moulon, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    André Gallais

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Nienhuis, J., Sills, G. (1992). The Potential of Hybrid Varieties in Self-Pollinating Vegetables. In: Dattée, Y., Dumas, C., Gallais, A. (eds) Reproductive Biology and Plant Breeding. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76998-6_36

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