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Inheritance of Plant Height and Capsule Length in Sesame, Sesamum Indicum L.
Author(s) -
Culp Thomas W.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1960.00021962005200020013x
Subject(s) - sesamum , heritability , dominance (genetics) , biology , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , range (aeronautics) , character (mathematics) , botany , agronomy , genetics , mathematics , gene , geometry , engineering , aerospace engineering
Synopsis Inheritance of plant height was found to be controlled by 3 to 10 factors, most of which produced complete dominance of tall plants. Heritability of this character was estimated to be in the range of 40 to 50%. Inheritance of capsule length was found to be controlled by 2 to 5 factors. Dominance of genes for both short and long capsules was indicated. Heritability of this character was estimated to be in the range of 50 to 70%. Correlations between characters were highly significant, but of low magnitude.