Self-incompatibility in passionfruit: evidence of gametophytic-sporophytic control

Theor Appl Genet. 2003 Jan;106(2):298-302. doi: 10.1007/s00122-002-1103-1. Epub 2002 Nov 15.

Abstract

Self-incompatibility in passionfruit was studied in families originated from crosses among plants that presented differences in reciprocal crosses. The three families, obtained by crossing S(3) plants, exhibited one incompatible group; no reciprocal differences were observed. The phenotype of the families was the same as the parent plants, S(3). These results suggest the presence of a gene ( G), gametophytic in its action, associated to the sporophytic gene S, modifying the incompatibility reaction in passionfruit. The reciprocal difference exhibited in the crosses among the parents could be explained as a matching between plants homozygous for S, but homozygous and heterozygous for G. Actually this would be a partially compatible cross, not detectable when the evaluation is done based on fruit set data. As the family originated from this kind of cross is homozygous for S and heterozygous for G, no reciprocal differences are expected, and the phenotype should be the same as the parental plants, as observed in the present work.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Genotype
  • Passiflora / genetics*
  • Phenotype
  • Pollen / genetics*
  • Reproduction / genetics*
  • Reproduction / physiology