Subject: Re: Tricotyledon / mutations ?

From: [email-masked] (Henry Kuska)
Date: 7 Mar 1996 13:47:34 GMT

"G.J.O'Connor" <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>I recently planted some seeds (dicots), and one of the eight that I 
>planted, has produced three cotyledons, and now 3 first leaves arranged 

>radially around the stem, as you would probably expect a tricotyledonous 

>plant to do (if such a thing existed). 
>
>What I would like to know, is how rare are these kind of mutations. Does 

>anybody know of any research that has been done in this area. I would be 

>very grateful for any help. 
>
>NB, I'm aware that I have not named the species in question.
>
   With roses grown from seed I find one every so often.  My usual 
explanation is that it is like finding the 4 leave clover- not as rare as 
you would expect.  I understand it is relatively common in tissue culture 
plants.

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From: [email-masked] (Marco_Bleeker)
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:17:16 GMT

>From  growing different plants from seeds, I discovered that Confers
are pluri-cotyledons (10 I believe). They make nice umbrellas. So your
mutation could be a fall-back. What species were they ?

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