TITLE:
Periclinal Chimera: A New Efficient Plant Breeding Technique
AUTHORS:
Nagib M. A. Nassar
KEYWORDS:
Grafting, Combining Ability, Hybrid Vigor, DNA Movement, Resistance Transference
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology,
Vol.13 No.10,
October
24,
2022
ABSTRACT: Periclinal chimera plants could be synthesized by a
very easy grafting method. Thanks to this technique we can transfer useful
characters from one genotype to another, we also can produce vigorous plants
during a very short period. Recently in cassava, resistance to nematode could
be transferred, and could develop vigorous plants by combining two types that
have high combining ability. The most striking feature is that we can obtain
enormous roots up to five times the common ones. By using this type of chimera
we can replace traditional hybridization and no need to recurrent crosses
cycles to transfer useful characters, reducing to a very short period
developing a new variety and perpetuating it too.