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A Genetic Study of Flowering Time in Flax 1
Author(s) -
Baker R. J.,
Pesek J.,
McKenzie R. I. H.
Publication year - 1972
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/cropsci1972.0011183x001200010029x
Subject(s) - biology , linum , epistasis , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , genotype , botany , horticulture , genetics , gene
The inheritance of flowering time was studied in five crosses of flax, Linum usitatissimum L. Genotype‐environment interaction, such that early or late‐flowering gentotypes were more variable than intermediate‐flowering genotypes, was important in determining flowering time. The genetic control of flowering time proved to be multigenic with epistasis playing an important part.