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H: Thursday, December 30, 2010

'Wild Affair' is a Diploid

Rhododendron 'Wild Affair', which is a Harold Greer hybrid documented as 'The Honourabele Jean Marie de Montague' x 'Moser's Maroon', has been determined to be a diploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, José Cerca, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Diploid 'The Honourable Jean Marie de Montague',
Diploid 'Wild Affair'

Source: Van Veen Nursery

John and Sally Perkins
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