Lecture on Lily production and breeding 26-6-97, Korea

Lily production and breeding in The Netherlands

Jaap M. van Tuyl

1. Introduction

2. Developments in the lily assortment.

3. Breeding and culture of Lilium longiflorum

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Origin and breeding history

3.3. Vegetative propagation

3.4. Heat treatment of bulbs

3.5. Summer sprouting

3.6. Genetic research

3.7. Selection methods

3.8. Release of material

3.9. Conclusions

4. Directions of lily breeding research

4.1. Lily research at CPRO-DLO

4.2. Interspecific hybridization and polyploidization

4.2.1. Introduction

4.2.2. In vitro pollination techniques in wide hybridization

4.2.3. The development of LA-hybrids

4.2.4. Recent results of crosses using 5 lily species

4.2.5. Mitotic polyploidization for overcoming F1-sterility

5. Conclusions

6. Literature

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