Biology Forum Genetics The Hypothentical Pomato

last updated by Enzyme 18 years ago
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    • #6445
      Condraz23
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      Hey everyone.

      Is it thereotically possible to combine the genetic information of a potato and a tomato? They are both members of the same genus. The resulting plant would have both edible fruits and tubers, allowing it to feed two times more people than an ordinary tomato or potato.

      Thanks.

    • #61377
      MrMistery
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      i think someone actually did it, or at least tried to do this.
      In theory, it is deffinetly possible. The russian researcher Karpencenko created a hybrid between cabbage and beetroot, so it should be possible to create a hybrid lke a "pomato"
      check out procedures of in vitro protoplast fusion and differentiation of callus. it’s complicated, but well figured out

    • #63812
      Enzyme
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      The pomato or tomapot (also called) wasn’t a successful experiment (the result of the cross didn’t produce any benefit) because the researchers didn’t obtain the best characters (so the most "useful" genes) from both species.

      It is possible to obtain new plant hybrids from crosses between species (this is one of the objectives of Plant Genetics). A very important example of experiment is this: Triticale (Triticum x Secale).

    • #63893
      sachin
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      Is it grown in fild some where in any country??? For market pupose,
      I will like to taste that….

    • #63896
      Enzyme
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      quote sachin_at_biog:

      Is it grown in fild some where in any country???

      Yes, there are Triticale crops in Colombia, Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya and some parts of the Mediterranean basin. Triticale is well-adapted to acid soils.

    • #63899
      sachin
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      Is it(Triticale)= Pomato???

    • #63911
      Enzyme
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      quote sachin_at_biog:

      Is it(Triticale)= Pomato???

      No, Triticale is the result of crossing Triticum and Secale (wheat and barley). Pomato is the result of crossing Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum tuberosum (tomato and potato).

    • #63913
      sachin
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      So where do pomatos are taken???

    • #63915
      Enzyme
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      quote sachin_at_biog:

      So where do pomatos are taken???

      I heard that pomatoes experiment was unsuccessful so there aren’t pomatoes crops in any place.

    • #63917
      sachin
      Participant

      Ok…. I got It……..Thanx….

    • #63918
      Enzyme
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      I remember it because I still haven’t got over my Vegetal Genetics notes, he he.

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