Inheritance of a Lutescent-Leaf Color Trait in Peanut

Partial Dominance , Pleiotropism , and Epistasis in the Inheritance of the High - Oleate Trait in Peanut

Earlier reports of the high-oleate (low-linoleate) trait in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) indicated that it was controlled by completely dominant gene action. However, linoleate content intermediate to that in lowand normal-linoleate seeds was found among progeny when the trait was backcrossed into five virginia-type cultivars, suggesting partial dominance of the gene controlling the trait. Alth...

An apparent anomaly in peanut leaf conductance.

Conductance to gaseous transfer is normally considered to be greater from the abaxial than from the adaxial side of a leaf. Measurements of the conductance to water vapor of peanut leaves (Arachis hypogaea L.) under well watered and stress conditions in a controlled environment, however, indicated a 2-fold higher conductance from the adaxial side of the leaf than from the abaxial. Studies of co...

The lutescent mutant in maize: I. Inheritance patterns and environmental effects.

EVERAL chlorophyll-deficient mutants in maize display traits which resemble mineral-deficiency symptoms in genetically normal plants (BELL 1963). The present investigation involves a recently discovered trait in maize which resembles those symptoms resulting from nitrogen deficiency. The mutant, called lutes scent^' (BELL 1964) because of its resemblance to the lutescent tomato mutant (RICK and...

Inheritance of a New Trait—Twin Fused Fruit—in Cucumber

A new trait, twin fused fruit, was discovered in gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) line B 5263. Plants with the twin fused fruit trait had two fruit fused into a single unit. In addition to having the twin fused fruit trait, line B 5263 had fruit with necks, large tubercles (warts), and dark green skin. The inheritance of twin fused fruit was studied in populations resulting from crosses...

Inheritance of Bulb Color in the Onion.