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DoctorSteve · 07-16-2010, 02:24 PM

Thanks Gabe! I am still reading BREEDING BANANAS FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD but very slowly. So if I am understanding this right the diploids are fertile males (not forgetting they are hermaphroditic) and the triploid and tetraploid are not? Or is there another reason they used the diploids?

After finding suitable diploids they breed them with triploids. After diploid triploid breading they looked for tetraploid offspring that came from the diploid triploid cross?

Is it possible to bread diploids with tetraploids?

Thanks again Gabe I am glade you are here. I really find all of this stuff very interesting. Even though I am new I don't think most want to delve into it as much as I do. Not that that is a bad thing.

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DoctorSteve DoctorSteve's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Zone: 9b Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 390 BananaBucks : 243,927 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 81 Times Was Thanked 306 Times in 158 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 41 Times	Re: Selected Hybrids Thanks Gabe! I am still reading BREEDING BANANAS FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE FRUIT QUALITY AND YIELD but very slowly. So if I am understanding this right the diploids are fertile males (not forgetting they are hermaphroditic) and the triploid and tetraploid are not? Or is there another reason they used the diploids? After finding suitable diploids they breed them with triploids. After diploid triploid breading they looked for tetraploid offspring that came from the diploid triploid cross? Is it possible to bread diploids with tetraploids? Thanks again Gabe I am glade you are here. I really find all of this stuff very interesting. Even though I am new I don't think most want to delve into it as much as I do. Not that that is a bad thing.