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Tetraploid Red Clover

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Red Clover Science

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 28))

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Plant breeders have been fascinated with doubling of chromosomes of plant species since the discovery of colchicine in 1937. The early research on doubling of chromosomes of red clover, conducted primarily by Swedish researchers, met with considerable success over the years, and continuing to the present, many tetraploid cultivars have been produced. Plant breeders of other countries, no doubt impressed with the Swedish results, have developed tetraploid cultivars that exceed diploid counterparts in many respects. The successes of the Swedish program was documented by Sjodin and Ellerstrom (1986).

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Taylor, N.L., Quesenberry, K.H. (1996). Tetraploid Red Clover. In: Red Clover Science. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8692-4_13

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