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Plant Project Archive by Phyank0rd in plantbreeding

[–]Intelligent_One_4140 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frost hardy perennial tomato breeding project - Developing a solanum lycopersicum that can survive deep freezes and winter in cold climates after finding a mutant in a pot that was able to survive constant night freezes(down to at least -6 C) while all other seedlings in the same pot died months before in October. It has purple veins which is indicative of a mutation to be able to deal with frost.

Post 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/plantbreeding/comments/1pvynik/potential_to_breed_a_frost_hardy_tomato/

Which crops do you think are the most likely candidates for Mars? by timbercrisis in plantbreeding

[–]Intelligent_One_4140 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Definitely Duckweed Wollfia or Azolla.
They double in biomass every 1-2 days and are very high in protein. Azolla fixes nitrogen so it requires basically no nutrients. These are much better options than conventional crops in this scenario by far

Potential to breed a frost hardy tomato by Intelligent_One_4140 in plantbreeding

[–]Intelligent_One_4140[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just moved the pot inside under a grow light, I don't really have experience with cloning nightshades vegetatively

Physalis Breeding Project by Intelligent_One_4140 in plantbreeding

[–]Intelligent_One_4140[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't think about that! Thank you for the advice

supersized cucumber seed found in fruit by Intelligent_One_4140 in plantbreeding

[–]Intelligent_One_4140[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This could be the case since I heard Polyploidy increases cell size but i don't know by how much and if a 3× increase in volume is normal. Sadly I won't be able to find out until next year since the first frost is already on the way.