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Table 6 Male fertility (pollen stainability %) and female fertility (OP seed-set) of six hybrids between 6x T. ambiguum and 2x T. occidentale

From: A Eurasia-wide polyploid species complex involving 6x Trifolium ambiguum, 2x T. occidentale and 4x T. repens produces interspecific hybrids with significance for clover breeding

 

OP seed-set

Hybrid

PS (%)

Nos seeds + small seeds

No Infls

Seeds/100 heads

5

9

4

ND

ND

31

3

15

ND

ND

33

2,4

6 + 4

150

4

  

21 + 20

450

5

34

5

2 + 9

150

1

140

5

0

56

0

229

13

18

130

14