Masters Theses

Author

Mark J. Hood

Date of Award

12-1980

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences

Major Professor

Fred L. Allen

Committee Members

James McD. Stewart, Bob Conger

Abstract

A total of 461 artificial pollinations were made in the fall of 1979 between plants of G. max (cv. 'Essex' and 'Forrest') and plants of G. falcata (P. I. 246591). Fifty-two F1 hybrid pods were initiated as a result of these pollinations for a rate of 11.3 percent. This compared to 15.8 percent pod set on manually selfed G. max plants. Twenty-two hydrid pods were allowed to remain on the plant and the remaining 30 pods were removed prior to abortion and cultured in vitro. The maximum size that most pods obtained on the plant was 18 mm. All pods left on the plant aborted within 20 days after pollination except for one pod which remained on the plant 23 days and reached approximately 2 cm. Although 47 percent of F1 pods exhibited growth of some kind, culturing did not prevent abortion. Three in vitro culture methods utilizing liquid medium were used to determine an optimum method of culturing soybean pods and ovules. Culturing selfed seed from both G. max and G. falcata led to germination when pods were taken from the plant as early as 18 days. Cytological examination of G. falcata root tip cells confirmed a reported chromosome number of 2n=40. Histological examination of cross-pollinated flowers confirmed that fertilization does occur upon cross-pollination and that abortion of ovules and F1 pods is not due to a lack of fertilization.

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