Table 1.
Miscanthus genotypes used in the cold-tolerance experiments
All genotypes are hybrids of M. sinensis×M. sacchariflorus and were provided by New Energy Farms of Leamington, Ontario. Source information for each genotype is listed below.
| Genotype | Ploidya | Fertilityb | Experiment |
|---|---|---|---|
| M115 (Amuri)c | 2n=2x | Fertile | Continuous and staged cooling |
| M147 (Amuri)c | 2n=2x | Fertile | Continuous and staged cooling |
| M116 (Nagara)d | 2n=3x | Sterile | Continuous cooling |
| M161 (Illinois)e | 2n=3x | Sterile | Continuous cooling |
| M1a | 2n=3x | Sterile | Staged cooling |
| M118d | 2n=4x | Sterile | Continuous cooling |
| M119d | 2n=4x | Sterile | Staged cooling |
a Based on unpublished flow cytometry data by Patrick Friesen and Dr Paul Kron.
b Rosser (2012).
c The M. sacchariflorus maternal parents are from the Amuri river basin in north-east Asia. The paternal parent is M. sinensis of unknown origin (New Energy Farms, personal communication).
d Bred on the Island of Crete from the same M. sacchariflorus maternal parent line that originated from around the Nagara River in Japan (New Energy Farms, personal communication).
e Originally collected from the Chicago Botanical Gardens with a probable origin in southern Japan (Heaton et al., 2008a ).