One and three male sterile plants were found in the progenies of the intergeneric hybrids by crossing Brassica napus and Brassica juncea to Orychophragmus violaceus, respectively. After interspecific cross and full-sib crosses, four genic male sterile lines were obtained. The results of cytological observations indicated that somatic chromosome number was 38 in all types of sterile lines, which were considered as the type of B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral groups of hypoploids were characterized in pentaploid (p) progenies of B. napus and O. violaceus.
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