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Inheritance of the Glossy‐Sheath Character in Barley, Hordeum vulgare L. 1
Author(s) -
Rasmusson D. C.,
Lambert J. W.
Publication year - 1965
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/cropsci1965.0011183x000500030017x
Subject(s) - hordeum vulgare , biology , library science , citation , character (mathematics) , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , genetics , botany , mathematics , poaceae , computer science , gene , geometry
GLOSSY-SHEATH mutants in barley are characterized by absence of a waxy coating on the sheaths and stems. The absence of wax results in a striking glossy or shiny appearance, and plants are easily classified from early boot until they begin to lose their green color at ripening. Lundquist and Wettstein (3) designated plants with little or no wax coating on one or several organs as eceriferum mutants. They reported that eceriferum mutants are almost as readily induced as erectoides, the most frequent viable mutants in barley.