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aechmea, bromeliaceae, pollination, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Agronomy, Plant Sciences, Horticulture, Agriculture, Aechmea, Bromeliaceae, 06 Biological Sciences, 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 10 Technology, Plant Biology & Botany, 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences, 31 Biological sciences

Abstract:

Bromeliaceae are tropical ornamentals with a variety of colors and inflorescence shapes. Leaves with spined margins are characteristic for the genus Aechmea. Crosses between spineless and spined Aechmea cultivars were attempted in order to obtain a spineless offspring. Crossing spined and spineless genotypes resulted in a progeny with on average 50% spineless plants. The hybrids of two spineless plants had on average 75% spineless leaves. This indicated that the spineless character was dominant. Homozygous plants were selected; these plants are interesting for further breeding and propagation by seed.