whynot

thanks everyone for the input. I hear about monsato sueing folks for trying to illegally save seed and it makes me cringe. Maby it's just my lack of a banana genetics background, but I thought tetraploids were the common basis for generating triploids. I understand that they have low fertility but I should get a few seeds if I try a huge sample with an acceptable diploid parent, right? When I look at the crosses used to develop the triploids, I see a number of crosses with a triploid parent. Wouldn't tetraploid actually be more a more fertile parent? I know it diverges from my first question a bit, but if the tetraploids are basically mules, would trying to induce polyploidy via colchicine give me potential seedless/rarely seeded fruit? thanks again folks it's awesome having a bunch of knowledgeable people to bounce ideas off of. -Ben