Gabriela Agustina LEOFANTI, Elsa Lucila CAMADRO

Pollen viability and meiotic abnormalities in brome grasses (Bromus L., Section Ceratochloa) from Argentina

Bromus Section Ceratochloa includes temperate forage species. South American species form a morphologically very variable hexaploid complex (2n = 6x = 42), with a controversial taxonomic classification. Reproductive biology has been studied in several of them, but the number of analyzed plants has seldom been reported. Further investigations might clarify breeding relations and the adequacy of current classifications. Pollen viability and size, which can provide evidence of spontaneous hybridization, were studied in seven accessions (six plants/accession) classified as B. catharticus var. catharticus, var. elata, and var. rupestris; B. parodii; B. bonariensis; B. lithobius; and B. coloratus. Variability was detected among accessions for average pollen viability (54% 82%) and pollen size (15.8%26.2% n.). Meiotic analyses were performed in a sample of genotypes from five accessions with

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