Method for controlling sexuality of hop
AssigneeKirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakayuki Momma, Naoyuki Umemoto
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Abstract
This invention relates to: a method for controlling the sexuality of hop, comprising applying a chemical to a hop female plant once or more and forming a fertile male flower capable of forming pollen on the female plant, wherein the chemical reduces a reaction with endogenous ethylene in the female plant; an embryo or seed, hop plant, and cone, capable of being obtained through the method; a method of screening for a hop plant; and a method of producing a hop plant variety.
Claims12
A method for controlling the sexuality of hop, comprising applying a chemical to a hop female plant once or more and thereby forming a fertile male flower capable of producing pollen on the female plant, wherein the chemical reduces a reaction with endogenous ethylene in the female plant.
A method of producing a hop plant variety comprising the following steps of:
- 1) forming a fertile male flower capable of producing pollen on a hop female plant;
- 2) crossbreeding with the male flower and a female flower;
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- 3) screening for a progeny produced by the crossbreeding.
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