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- November 29, 2006 at 10:19 am #6445Condraz23Participant
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.
- November 29, 2006 at 12:00 pm #61377MrMisteryParticipant
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 - December 24, 2006 at 1:25 am #63812EnzymeParticipant
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).
- December 24, 2006 at 5:51 pm #63893sachinParticipant
Is it grown in fild some where in any country??? For market pupose,
I will like to taste that…. - December 24, 2006 at 5:58 pm #63896EnzymeParticipantquote 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.
- December 24, 2006 at 6:04 pm #63899sachinParticipant
Is it(Triticale)= Pomato???
- December 24, 2006 at 6:31 pm #63911EnzymeParticipantquote 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).
- December 24, 2006 at 6:33 pm #63913sachinParticipant
So where do pomatos are taken???
- December 24, 2006 at 6:37 pm #63915EnzymeParticipantquote 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.
- December 24, 2006 at 6:39 pm #63917sachinParticipant
Ok…. I got It……..Thanx….
- December 24, 2006 at 6:47 pm #63918EnzymeParticipant
I remember it because I still haven’t got over my Vegetal Genetics notes, he he.
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