Single crosses are usually made for combining different characters from two varieties or species, at the F1 generation in a crop breeding program. Afterwards, F1 plants have to be checked out for hybridity.In rice (Oryza sativa L.), Baldi (1967) found that hand emasculation followed by pollination with anthers had a lower seed set than emasculation with water at 41-43.5°C for 5 or 8 min (which opens mature florets), followed by bagging two panicles together for pollination. This author reported varietal differences in seed set but he did not determine self-pollination rates. Water temperature should be high enough to kill pollen, but not so high as to kill ovaries. In contrast, Jennings et al. (1979), at IRRI (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines), claimed that emasculation at hot temperatures was slower and had lower seed set than hand emasculation or anther aspiration, apparently because culms were bent to introduce panicles
Efficiency of different hybridization methods in single crosses of rice for pure line breedingA. García-Yzaguirre* and R. CarreresDepartamento del Arroz (IVIA). Apdo. 37. 46410 Sueca (Valencia). Spain
AbstractHybridization efficiency of two crossing methods (involving emasculation by hot water or by anther aspiration), was determined in rice. Quantitative comparisons between crossing methods for pure line breeding are scarce and the objectives of this work were to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of emasculation methods, and to determine an adequate temperature for hot water emasculation. Hot water emasculation at a temperature suitable to each variety (followed by panicle pollination) achieved a higher percentage of hybrid F1 plants (54.6%) than anther aspiration (8.4%), but significantly more seed set was obtained after anther aspiration (31.5%) than after hot water immersion (16.5%). The easiest and quickest emasculation method was the immersion in hot water of panicles from detached rooted tillers.Additional key words: crop improvement, crossing, emasculation techniques, Oryza sativa L.
Resumen Eficiencia de distintos métodos de hibridación en cruzamientos de arroz para obtención de líneas purasSe determinó la eficiencia de dos métodos de cruzamiento en arroz, implicando emasculación (castración) por agua caliente o por aspiración de anteras. Las comparaciones cuantitativas entre métodos de cruzamiento para obtención de líneas puras son escasas y por ello los principales objetivos de este trabajo fueron evaluar las ventajas y desventajas de ambos métodos de emasculación, así como determinar una temperatura adecuada de castración con agua caliente. La emasculación por agua caliente a una temperatura adecuada para cada variedad (seguida de polinización con panícula) obtuvo un mayor porcentaje de plantas F1 híbridas (54,6%) que la aspiración de anteras (8,4%), pero se obtuvieron significativamente más semillas tras aspiración de anteras (31,5%) que tras inmersión en agua caliente (16,5%). El método más fácil y rápido de emasculación fue la inmersión en agua caliente...