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Abstract
A phenotypic and sexual analysis of Fragaria vesca ‘Albo-Marginata’ determined that the leaf variegation was of chimeral origin. Stable periclinal chimeras were established in vitro from runner tips. Plants were transferred to proliferation media containing 0.5 μm IBA, 0.3 μm GA3, and BA at either 0, 1.3, 4.4, or 13.2 μm. Whereas the histogens of field-grown runner plants remained stable, more than 90% of the plantlets propagated in vitro varied from the original explants. Most variants were albino or were green, but some were mericlinal chimeras. Histological evidence indicated that many shoots were adventitious, arising from basal callus tissue or petioles. Chemical names used: 1H-indole-3-butanoic acid (IBA); gibberellic acid (GA3); N-(phenylmethyl)-1H-purin-6-amine (BA).