Genetics of seed-coat colour inCitrullus lanatus(Thunb.) Mansf.
✍ Scribed by P. Nath; R. C. Khandelwal
- Book ID
- 104696683
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-5752
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✦ Synopsis
Intervarietal crosses in watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf., involving six parents with black (J18-1 and J 75), brown (J56-1 and N.H. Midget), red (Bykovski-199) or light cream (Red Nectar) seed-coat colour were made. Parents, F1, F2 and backcross populations were evaluated for their phenotypic expressions with regard to the seed-coat colours involved. Black colour was monogenically dominant over brown light cream and red colour of seed-coat separately or independently. Red colour was dominant over light cream colour of seed-coat by a single pair of genes. The light cream colour was recessive to the brown seed-coat colour of watermelon where a single pair of genes was involved.