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Table 6 Seed-set following self-pollination and reciprocal crosses with white clover for hybrid 8801 and a selfed derivative

From: Experimental evidence for the ancestry of allotetraploid Trifolium repens and creation of synthetic forms with value for plant breeding

Female x Male

Heads

Seeds

Seeds/head

4x hybrid self pollinations

   

   88–01 self

8

32

4

   88–01 self-5 self

8

155

19

4x hybrid x white clover

   

   88–01 x Crusader-29

9

40

4

   88–01 x Kopcru-1

5

41

8

White clover x 4x hybrid

   

   Kopu II-2 x 880-1

2

88

44

   Kopcru-1 x 880-1

12

384

32

   C 64524 x 880-1

2

90

45

   C 115194 x 880-1

3

55

18

   Kopu II-2 x 880–1 self-5

2

164

82

   Kopcru-1 x 880–1 self-5

4

130

32

White clover control

   

   Kopu II-2 x Crusader-29

1

120

120