800lbGuerrilla
Well-Known Member
As I understand it, a backross is done by crossing male offspring of a pollination back to the mother plant, stabilizing (mostly) for the traits of the mother by the BX3 ('cubed') generation.
Say you didn't have a mother plant but you did have a few S1 beans all from the same plant. If you repeatedly crossed the male BXs back to the S1 females, would it produce similar results? If not, what would it do?
Normally we want to produce regular seeds from a female plant, but what if we wanted to do this from a male plant? (because reasons) If you repeatedly pollinated the female BXs with pollen from the original father, would it stabilize for the traits of the father?
I'm curious to see what would happen if you found some outstanding male plants and backcrossed them, then grew out the seeds to see what the females were like.
Say you didn't have a mother plant but you did have a few S1 beans all from the same plant. If you repeatedly crossed the male BXs back to the S1 females, would it produce similar results? If not, what would it do?
Normally we want to produce regular seeds from a female plant, but what if we wanted to do this from a male plant? (because reasons) If you repeatedly pollinated the female BXs with pollen from the original father, would it stabilize for the traits of the father?
I'm curious to see what would happen if you found some outstanding male plants and backcrossed them, then grew out the seeds to see what the females were like.
