Description:
Crosses were made between Floralta and Bigalta by approach pollination (enclosing two flowering racemes in a glassine pollination bag and shaking daily to promote cross pollination) in a greenhouse of the Agronomy Department, University of Florida in Gainesville, FL . From these crosses, 51 hybrid plants were generated (39 having Bigalta as the female parent and 12 having Floralta as the female parent). Each hybrid was vegetatively propagated and planted in field plots for further evaluation.