Abstract
Sterility-resistant cytoplasmic factors ofSolanum tuberosum spp.andigena (Juz. & Buk.) Hawkes and ofSolanum phureja (Juz. & Buk.) were combined with chromosomal genes ofS. tuberosum ssp.tuberosum. Eleven morphological characters of reciprocal F1 and BC1 progenies were monitored to evaluate rate of progression towards characteristics occurring in the recurrent ssp.tuberosum parent. Female and male fertilities of F1 and BC1 populations were also evaluated. Cytoplasmic factors did not influence morphological parameters consistently, except those relating directly to fertility. Differences between reciprocal progeny depended more upon the genes of individual parents used in crosses than on cytoplasm source. No consistent reciprocal differences occurred in tuber characters and those differences which arose seem to reflect a maternal rather than a cytoplasmic influence. F1 and BC1 progenies containing the sterility-resistant cytoplasmic factors of ssp.andigena or ofS. phureja had higher fertility than their respective reciprocal progenies with cytoplasm of ssp.tuberosum.
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