Domestication in Real Time: The Curious Case of a Trigenomic Sunflower Population

Domestication in Real Time: The Curious Case of a Trigenomic Sunflower Population

This study chronicles the ongoing process to domesticate an interspecific trigenomic tetraploid hybrid sunflower derived from a series of interspecific crosses between <i>Helianthus annuus</i> and <i>Helianthus tuberosus</i>. The goal of this process is to develop a perennial...

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Main Authors: Jill M. Ekar, Kevin J. Betts, Adam C. Herman, Robert M. Stupar, Donald L. Wyse, Yaniv Brandvain, Michael B. Kantar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
helianthus
wide hybridization
perennial crop
fertility
meiosis
ideotype
polyploidy
domestication
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/11/704

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