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Old June 5, 2006   #1
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Default Graft-induced hybrids?

Anyone have experience with this that they would care to share? Or mixed species hybrids?

Unfortunately I accidentally decapitated my only tomato/pepper graft so won't be able to save the seeds from it. My Trifort/Polish Dwarf and Maxifort/Polish Dwarf tomato to tomato grafts are doing well though. Any chance of predicting the results of seeds saved from these?

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Old June 14, 2006   #2
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The transfer of genetic expression across a graft barrier is proven to happen but only as a result of RNA translocated across the graft.

The most recent proven example of something similar to this was in a mouse that contained a gene for black body with a white tail. Specific crosses with pure black mice resulted in a genotype that should have had a black tail but that in fact expressed the white tail character.

The problem with graft induced trait modification is that it would not normally be heritable over a succession of generations.
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Old June 15, 2006   #3
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Darrel,

So the seeds from the tomatoes on the grafted plant would not carry over traits from both scion and rootstock?

Simple English please... you are replying to an idiot you know.

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Thanks for the answers. I sure am disappointed as had high hopes for some different species capsicum grafts.

http://graft-induced.notlong.com
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