Abstract
Effects of Brassica napus (N) and B. juncea (J) cytoplasm on seed characteristics of B. carinata (C) were examined. Alloplasmic lines of B. carinata were produced from N × C and J × C hybrids by recurrent backcrossing to the BC8 generation. Fourteen sets of reciprocal crosses were used. Compared with their euplasmic sibs, alloplasmic B. carinata line seeds with B. napus cytoplasm showed reduced dormancy, higher seed weight, lower germination rate at high temperatures, higher germination rate at low temperatures, and had lower erucic acid and higher linoleic acid contents. Alloplasmic B. carinata line seeds with B. juncea cytoplasm had higher seed weight but lower germination rate than their corresponding euplasmic sibs. These results showed a cytoplasmic effect on seed development, and an influence on seed weight, dormancy, and fatty acid composition. B. carinata was more deleteriously affected by cytoplasm from B. napus than by cytoplasm of B. juncea.
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