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Comparison of Achene Characteristics and Combining Ability of Branching and Non‐Branching Near‐Isogenic Sunflower Restorer Lines 1
Author(s) -
Dedio Walter
Publication year - 1980
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/cropsci1980.0011183x002000020010x
Subject(s) - achene , branching (polymer chemistry) , biology , sunflower , botany , hybrid , horticulture , chemistry , organic chemistry
The achene characteristics and combining ability of branching and non‐branching near‐isogenic restorer lines were compared. Branching lines were considerably higher in oil content but had smaller achenes than the non‐branching forms. There was no difference in achene yield, oil content, and achene size between hybrids using branching and non‐branching restorer lines as male parents.