ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2005, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (S1): 44-46. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2005.S1.012

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Breeding of Hybrid F1 of Marguerite (Tagetes erecta L.)

SUN Bo-jun1, LI Rong-fu2, ZHANG He-liang3, FAN Shu-ping3   

  1. 1. Agronomy College Inner Monglia Agricultural University, Huhhot 010018, China;
    2. Baotou Forestry Bureau, Baotou 014000, China;
    3. Agriculture School of Inner Mongolia, Huhhot 010070, China
  • Received:2005-11-17 Published:2005-12-31

Abstract: Marguerite(Tagetes erecta L.)is one of the 3 famous worldwide herbace ous flowers.The continuous cross among sister individuals and the individual selection were carried out,and the male sterile line was formed.6marguerite selfing lines were selected as fsther parent(♂) from 46 selfing lines,that include 4 yellow flower series(BLY001、BLY002、BLY003、BLY006)and 2 orange flower series(BLD001、BLD003).2 Tageles patula double-color(yellow-red)lines(PBH026、PBHO029)were selected.Breeder's stocks were produced with the selected selfing lines and the sterile lines.The hybrid F1 show advantages on many characters,such as dwarf and compact in plant morphology.more and bigger flowers.Longer flowering periods.beautiful and pure flower colors,green leaf,healfhy and strong resistance.

Key words: Tagetes erecta L, Tageles patula, Male sterile, Hybrid

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SUN Bo-jun, LI Rong-fu, ZHANG He-liang, FAN Shu-ping. Breeding of Hybrid F1 of Marguerite (Tagetes erecta L.)[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2005, 20(S1): 44-46. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2005.S1.012.

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