Table 1.

Examples of polyploid crops. The somatic chromosome number is reported in brackets.

Crop	Species
Cereals	Triticum aestivum (6× = 42); T. durum (4× = 28); Avena sativa (6× = 42); A. nuda (6× = 42)
Forage grasses	Dactylis glomerata (4× = 28); Festuca arundinacea (4× = 28); Agropyrum repens (4× = 28); Paspalum dilatatum (4× = 40)
Legumes	Medicago sativa (4× = 32); Lupinus alba (4× = 40); Trifolium repens (4× = 32); Arachis hypogaea (4× = 40); Lotus corniculatus (4× = 32); Glycine max (4× = 40)
Industrial plants	Nicotiana tabacum (4× = 48); Coffea spp. (4× = 44 fino a 8×); Brassica napus (4× = 38); Saccharum officinalis (8× = 80); Gossypium hirsutum (4× = 52)
Tuber plants	Solanum tuberosum (4× = 48); Ipomoea batatas (6× = 96); Dioscorea sativa (6× = 60)
Fruit trees	Prunus domestica (6× = 48); Musa spp. (3× = 33; 4× = 44); Citrus aurantifolia (3× = 27); Actinidia deliciosa (4× = 116); P. cerasus (4× = 32)