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Floral‐Bud‐Color and Vein‐Color Inheritance in Diploid Alfalfa 1
Author(s) -
Barnes D. K.,
Cleveland R. W.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1964.0011183x000400020015x
Subject(s) - agricultural experiment station , geneticist , library science , biology , geography , archaeology , agriculture , computer science , genetics
GENETICISTS have begun to consider genetic studies with diploid alfalfa as a tool for analyzing some of the complex inheritance patterns found in tetraploid alfalfa. Three flower color inheritance studies (3, 6) and a study on the inheritance of ovule number (1) have illustrated the potential value of studying characters controlled by two or more genes on the diploid level rather than the tetraploid level. Even though genetic hypotheses suggested by diploid studies cannot be affirmed by tetraploid plants without progeny testing, available evidence supports the hypothesis that genetic studies of a character in diploid Medicago