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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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MOpumpkins
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Springfield, Missouri
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To: The Pumpkin Growing Community
Before I get too far into this project I thought that it would be good to explain what I am doing, and why I am doing it. As most of you know several attempts have been made at producing tetraploids. As I understand it the results were marginal. The goal for previous tetraploid experiments was to produce plants that could outcompete diploids. Several studies have been published that would suggest tetraploid AGs might have slower vegetative growth making them less competitive. That being said I am not creating tetraploids in the hopes of breaking any records.
This project is part of my undergraduate research, which I hope to publish by the end of the year. The goal for my undergrad research is to produce double haploids within the Cucurbita genus. I am producing tetraploids in order to fine tune the procedure and chemical concentrations needed to induce polyploidy in haploid plantlets. Double haploids will be used to accelerate my interspecific breeding program. Again I do not plan on producing giants from my breeding program it is solely for academic research. I hope you guys enjoy watching my progress this winter. More to come in a few days.
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