Apomixie, sexualité et amélioration des graminées tropicales

Abstract

Apomixis, sexuality and improvement of tropical grasses. Gametophytic apomixis together with sexuality can be used for the improvement of tropical grasses. Apomixis is researched for providing an easy spreading of cultivars. Apomictic and sexual species are found in the genus Brachiaria ; hybridizations are carried out between a tetraploid, colchicine induced form of the sexual species B. ruziziensis Germain et Evrard, and natural tetraploid apomicts, B. brizantha Stapf. and B. decumbens (Hochst) Stapf.