Analytical
Synthetic
Breeding
in
Potato -
Another approach described as 'analytical synthetic breeding scheme’ has been described by Wenzel et al. (1979).
This takes advantage of protoplast fusion and plant regeneration to bring together different genotypes into a completely heterozygous tetraploid potato. In this approach; dihaploids are used again for the production of monohaploids, before the tetraploid is resynthesized. The breeder can evaluate and select the genomes present in monoploids.
The selected monoploids are then used for resynthesis of tetraploid through protoplast fusion and regeneration as follows: (monoploid} + monoploid4) + (monoploid3 + monoploid4). The selection of best somatic hybrids may be feasible on the basis of their growth rate in cell cultures.



