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

Table 7 Viability of progeny from crosses between white clover plants and hybrid 880-1

Female x Male	No seeds	No plants	No plants flowering	PS% (range)	Seeds/head (range)
88–01 x Crusader-29	12	12	12	3–85	4–50
88–01 x Kopcru-1	10	10	10	0–73	0–19
Kopu II-2 x 880-1	11	6	5	22–62	9–29
Kopcru-1 x 880-1	12	12	12	21–63	1–21
C6452-4 x 880-1	12	11	11	24–61	0–29
C11519-4 x 880-1	12	10	7	34–78	1–34
Kopu II-2 x Crusader-29	12	12	12	98–100	230–420

Seeds/head data were based on means of a minimum of three open-pollinated heads per plant at a single harvest. PS%=% stained pollen.

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