Successful crossing experiments between tetraploid individuals of Achillea ceretanica, A. collina, A. distans ssp. styriaca, and A. pratensis {A. millefolium complex, Compositae) were carried out. Sesquiterpenes of 1013 hybrid plants obtained from 13 crossings were studied by quahtative thin layer chromatography (TLC). F,-progenies from parent plants with guaianolides (GU-type), as well as the ofl"spring of a backcross, uniformly contained proazulenes. Diallel crosses between plants exclusively with eudesmanohdes (EU-type) resulted in a 7:1 segregationratio of EU-and GU-plants. Two reciprocal crossing experiments between EU-and GU-parents resulted in 28.6% and 89.3% EU-individuals, as well as GU-offspring. According to these findings, the quahtative marker 'proazulene' (GU-type) is thought to be a recessive character of the tetraploid Achillea species studied.
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