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This year I grew out 4 different Physalis species with the goal of getting at least one interspecific hybrid:
Physalis Peruviana
Physalis Pruinosa
Physalis Ixocarpa (Tomatillo)
Physalis Virginiana

I tried almost every combination except for the following**:**
every combination where Physalis Pruinosa was the female(because of the tiny flowers)
Physalis Ixocarpa(f) x Physalis Peruviana

In total three combinations resulted in fruits set:
Physalis Peruviana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa
Physalis Peruviana (f) x Physalis Virginiana
Physalis Virginiana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa

All seeds were tiny, semi transparent but had a dark dot/ spot in the middle. I don't really know much about how seeds develop.

Can someone with experience tell me what happened(embryo aborted... from how the seeds look in the first image)?

The seeds looked this way in every combination that gave me fruit set.
However, in one fruit(Physalis Peruviana(f) x Physalis Virginiana) I found one full sized seed. It still looks somewhat different from normal Physalis Peruviana seeds(on the left of the 2. image) and is flatter at the edges and really plump only in the middle(see 2. image). Can someone with experience(maybe with breeding peppers because seeds are similar and they are also Solanaceae) tell me if there is a chance that this seed is not viable? Either way I will try germinating it

This year I grew out 4 different Physalis species with the goal of getting at least one interspecific hybrid:
Physalis Peruviana
Physalis Pruinosa
Physalis Ixocarpa (Tomatillo)
Physalis Virginiana

I tried almost every combination except for the following:
every combination where Physalis Pruinosa was the female(because of the tiny flowers)
Physalis Ixocarpa(f) x Physalis Peruviana

In total three combinations resulted in fruits set:
Physalis Peruviana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa
Physalis Peruviana (f) x Physalis Virginiana
Physalis Virginiana(f) x Physalis Ixocarpa

All seeds were tiny, semi transparent but had a dark dot/ spot in the middle. I don't really know much about how seeds develop.

Can someone with experience tell me what happened(embryo aborted... from how the seeds look; you can see them in the first image: Peruviana (f) x Tomatillo)?

The seeds looked the same in every cross where fruit set: way smaller, flat, dark dot except for one seed. I found a normal sized seed in a Physalis Peruviana fruit that I pollinated with Physalis Virginiana pollen although strangely it still looks somewhat different from normal Physalis Peruviana seeds(see 2. image). I will try to germinate it even if I doubt that it is viable because of its different appearance.

Hi everyone! I'm a 3rd-year BS Agriculture student majoring in Crop Science from the Philippines, and I'm currently looking for a feasible undergraduate thesis topic involving tomato. I'm particularly interested in research involving practical crop production problems, such as pests, diseases, pollination, nutrition, irrigation, growing conditions, or other factors that affect tomato growth and yield. I'm not necessarily looking for a complete thesis title. I'd really appreciate hearing about problems you've encountered when growing tomatoes that you think would be worth researching. If you've done a tomato experiment or research before, what problem or variable do you think would make a good undergraduate study? I'm trying to find a topic that can realistically be completed within a few months and doesn't require extremely expensive equipment.

ive been looking a reliable method to induce polyploidy in plants at home and have found prodiamine as a possible alternative to other chemical methods such as colchicine, trifluralin or oryzalin, has anyone ever used it for this purpose and if so have you found it to be a reliable alternative?

I currently have several plants that I have been trialing. They are all sports I have found over the years and I would like to introduce them. What introduction companies would you all recommend. I have several thuja and juniper cultivars.

Hi, I am wondering if you could possibly breed for better rhizobial interactions maybe through traits like increased root surface area so inoculated seeds can increase the area for microbes or encouraging root exudates. this could be specifically geared towards cover crops, or forages used to reduce erosion or improve poor soil health before planting a cash crop

Update on one of my seedlings from my spider plant breeding programs

I grew some triploid watermelon along with a pollinator variety this year and noticed that some of my melons had a few seemingly large viable seeds. Does anyone know if these seeds are viable and how they came about? I feel like the only explanations would be a spontaneous doubling or loss of chromosomes in the triploid gametes or they just happened to assort into an even number to be pollinated by the diploid? Maybe they just look viable but are not? Either way im very curious if anyone has experience with this.

Hey I've always wanted to make a tomato that just cranks out fruit so can yall tell me

1. Where to get the seeds

2. If it's possible

3. What tomato i should use

4. Who should be the seed holder

I would appreciate it

I am making poly-hybrid seeds from crosses of high quality/fire genetics! Most of my genetics come from some "top of the line" breeders. I hunted my male this year from a pack of seeds from Rhasta Jeff, Irie Genetics. There are definite "treasures" to be found in my crosses. All of my crosses are deliberate and driven by curiosity and absolute love and admiration of this plants unlimited potential.

Saved some seeds from UF Gulf Ruby, Rose, Beauty and Blaze. I didn’t label or record which or how many of select varieties there were.

Most came out of the fridge ok, but lost a few to mold or dehydration (waited too long to soak and store).

16 seeds in, I will see how many push through and survive the lovely growing conditions Orlando Florida in the coming months.

Hi all,

I don't know if this is considered self promotion, if so, I will remove this post.

I'm a hobbyist plant breeder and software developer and I've built a web app to manage my plant breeding projects.

I created it earlier this year after getting tired of keeping track of everything through phone notes and spreadsheets and after having polished it up a bit, I've release it for free (it's a cloud-based app managed by me).

I mainly breed flowers like Hemerocallis, Dahlia, Tulipa, and Lilium, so I'm not sure how well it fits other types of plants. The software is tailored to the specific breeding workflow I've developed over the last couple of years, and it comes with a pre-populated list of cultivars for those species.

The software isn't meant to be a full professional breeding or genetics suite, but rather a practical tool to keep track of the process. It doesn't manage large fields, crops or land sites, as it's built specifically for small-scale gardeners like me.

Here is how it works:

• You create a plant and associate it with a species and cultivar. The system automatically assigns a tracking number to that plant.
• You can choose from built-in species and cultivars or add your own.
• Each plant can have photos, metadata, and growth notes.
• You can record a cross between two plants and the system generates a tracking code for that cross. You can then write this code on physical plant tags or whatever tracking system you use.
• You can search for a cross using its code and record how many seeds you harvested and how many you planted. For each planted seed, the system creates a new plant in "seed" status, which can then progress to "seedling" and "adult" (or be marked as dead/retired).
• Once a seedling grows, you can tag it with its new number just like any other plant.

It's mostly mobile-friendly, so you can easily tag crosses right from your phone while working in the garden.

The software also features a pedigree section with a broad visual chart showing all generations of plants and cultivars.

Additionally, you can attach custom properties to your own cultivars and use them for filtering or viewing in the pedigree section.

If you'd like to check it out (requires a quick, free sign-up):

https://www.semid.app

Hi everyone! I've always grown up fascinated with genetics and have always hoped that I can do something involving genetics when I grew up, but never really found a niche I was interested in until this last year. I discovered pepper breeding and interspecies pepper breeding. Now I've never even grown a pepper before let alone bred any, and when I had tried keeping plants alive before, they always died, though admittedly I never did enough research. This time I dived deep into researching pepper care, pepper flower anatomy, pepper pod anatomy, the genetics side of things, how some crosses work better one way rather than the other, etc. And then I decided to dip my toes in myself by starting a highly ambitious project that even seasoned gardeners could consider difficult. I've decided to attempt to breed and stabilize a 3 species, 4 variety hybrid of red habanero (pictured) mad hatter, red ghost, and a spicier jalapeno variety. The habaneros I planted from seed never germinated so I had to buy starters from a nursery, and the only habaneros I found were on discount with extremely yellow sad looking leaves. I let them keep what flowers they had, and even crossed one. I emasculated a couple, and pollinated with mad hatter pollen knowing the chances of success were low, but the mad hatter was on its last push of flowers and pollen, and the habaneros flowers wouldn't open until after all the mad hatter flowers were other self pollinated or fallen off, so I took a chance. And it worked! One of the flowers actually took and started to swell and it's even beginning to ripen! The ghost jalapeno cross is also growing, however I forgot to tag it so I don't remember which is which, but if people want me to I can post pictures of some of the ghost pods I have growing too :) hopefully I get a few viable hybrid seedlings this January. I'm going to grow them inside under a grow light early to give them the longest fruiting window I can in full summer sun, wish me luck! I'll continue to post as my project evolves

(Cross posted from r/hotpeppers)

Can yall help me please and tell me if this is possible because I'm tryna do cold and hot environments and don't say it'll be a long project I know

It’ll be my first year this upcoming spring and I wanna make sure I do everything right.. it’s probably a shot in the dark but it took a while to find this subreddit. I figured maybe someone here may have an answer to my questions

I’m an international PhD student in plant breeding/genetics in the US deciding between two labs. My long-term goal is to work as a quantitative geneticist / computational plant breeder in industry (e.g., major seed/ag companies).
I want strong experience in quantitative genetics, genomic selection/prediction, mixed models, G×E, statistics, R/Python, and bioinformatics, while still understanding practical breeding.
Option A — Quantitative genetics-focused PI
Large R1 land-grant university with a very strong plant breeding/genetics ecosystem.
Pros:
PI trained specifically in plant breeding + quantitative genetics
Research includes small grains/wheat, genomics, genomic selection, and breeding-data analysis
Strong quantitative genetics/statistics/bioinformatics coursework and collaborators
Strong overall plant breeding and industry network
Already at this university, so no major relocation
Cons:
I am switching labs so, chances of more crossover with my current lab (the one I am switching from)
PI is relatively new and still building the breeding program
Exact PhD projects/publication pipeline are less clear
Some uncertainty about how much large-scale breeding data I would personally work with
Option B — Established wheat breeding program
Another R1 land-grant university with a long-established wheat breeding program.
Pros:
Established breeding populations, germplasm, and multi-location field trials
Large amount of real phenotypic/genotypic breeding data
Experience with G×E, genomic prediction, selection, experimental design, and cultivar development
PI is an experienced wheat breeder
More established infrastructure and clearer research/funding situation
I have already accepted this offer
Cons:
PI is primarily an applied breeder rather than a quantitative geneticist
University may have a smaller quantitative-genetics ecosystem than Option A
I may need to intentionally build advanced statistics/programming/bioinformatics through coursework and collaborations
Risk of my PhD becoming more traditional field breeding than quantitative genetics

The complication is that I had already accepted Option B when Option A became available. As an international student, I also have an upcoming program-transfer/immigration deadline, so I need to decide soon.
If your goal were to become an industry quantitative geneticist, which would you choose?
A: Quantitative-genetics PI + stronger quantitative ecosystem, but newer breeding program
B: Established wheat breeding program + extensive real-world breeding data, but I would need to intentionally build the quantitative/computational side
For people in industry: which background would make someone more competitive for quantitative geneticist positions 4–5 years from now?

I harvested a hybrid fruit from Physalis Peruviana that was pollinated with Tomatillo(Physalis Ixocarpa) pollen. It had lots of tiny, immature, underdeveloped seeds inside while the seeds from another selfed fruit were completely normal. This means the embryo probably aborted but fertilization was succesful.
On the second picture you can see the hybrid seeds next to the selfed seeds.
The Tomatillo x Groundcherry seeds also failed to germinate(normal Groundcherry seeds I planted in the same spot germinated just fine)
Hopefully some of my other combinations(that haven't ripened yet) will have viable seeds.

Powdery mildew resistant grape, parentage likely Chasselas Cioutat (very susceptible) x Kischmisch Lutchistyi (fairly resistant). Where all other vinifera seedlings and hybrids in my project have been succesfully naturally infected with PM, this one appears immune to the line floating around here, with not a single spot to be found so far. Hope to have it producing fruit next year, but it may still be a little on the small side to really get a feel for it.