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IN the spring of 1952 an attempt was made to double the chromosome number of a single wheat × rye F1 hybrid plant with the object of obtaining a fertile amphidiploid. In view of the limited material available a method of injecting the culms with 0.05 per cent colchicine was adopted.
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VILLAX, E., MOTA, M. Behaviour of a Triticum × Secale Hybrid under the Action of Colchicine. Nature 172, 412–413 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172412b0
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