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Variegated Mutants in Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. 1
Author(s) -
Kohel R. J.
Publication year - 1967
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/cropsci1967.0011183x000700050025x
Subject(s) - mutant , biology , mutation , genetics , phenotype , population , plastid , gossypium hirsutum , gossypium , botany , gene , demography , chloroplast , sociology
Variegated plants were observed as spontaneous mutations in the cotton nurseries, as an induced mutation in a line isolated from a seed‐irradiated population, and as reoccurring mutations in a genetic marker line. Genetic analysis of this mutant‐condition indicated that it is maternally inherited. Observations of the segregation patterns and development of this mutant led to the conclusion that mutant plants result from plastid mutations. The influence of the environment on the expression of this mutant phenotype and the possibility of nuclear control of the plastid mutation were discussed.