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Inheritance of Seedling Hydrocyanic Acid Potential and Seed Weight in Sorghum‐Sudangrass Crosses 1
Author(s) -
Lamb J. F. S.,
Haskins F. A.,
Gorz H. J.,
Vogel K. P.
Publication year - 1987
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/cropsci1987.0011183x002700030019x
Subject(s) - backcrossing , seedling , biology , extranuclear inheritance , sorghum , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , trait , reciprocal cross , sorghum bicolor , agronomy , botany , horticulture , genetics , hybrid , gene , computer science , mitochondrial dna , programming language
The hydrocyanic acid potential (HCN‐p) of sorghum [ Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] plants is recognized as a heritable trait, but previous studies on the mode of inheritance of HCN‐p have produced inconsistent results. The objective of this study was to investigate the inheritance patterns of seedling HCN‐p and also of seed weight in reciprocal crosses of sorghum and sudangrass [formerly S. sudanense (Piper) Stapf]. Both traits were found to be inherited quantitatively. Generation means analysis indicated that additive genetic effects were most important for both seed weight (53% of variation) and seedling HCN‐p (74% of variation). A maternal effect was found for both traits in the F 1 and backcross generations. No evidence of this reciprocal effect was found in the F 2 , suggesting that cytoplasmic inheritance was not involved. A highly positive correlation between seed weight and HCN‐p was found across all entries, across both parents, and in the F 1 and backcross generations. However, correlation coefficients between seed weight and seedling HCN‐p for individual entries, the pooled F 2 'S, or within types of seed parents in the F 1 or backcross generations were generally nonsignificant. It was concluded that seed weight per se does not have a large effect on seedling HCN‐p.