GENETICS OF X-RAY INDUCED PIGMENTATION IN JUTE
A full-green strain of Corchorus capsularis having the constitution ccAARR for the anthocyanin factors was treated with x rays. In the X/sub 2/ generation of a bifurcated but otherwise normal looking selection from the 45 Kvp, 40,000 r treatment, a pigmented type was obtained as a recessive segregant. The pigmented mutant is indistinguishable from full-green in the early stages; at later stages the stem is dark-coppery-red and the integuments of ovules are pink even at the flowering stage. Although the embryos of seeds of the mutant are normal, the endosperm is imperfectiy developed; this results in extremely poor germination. Crosses of the pigmented mutant with cAR, CAR and CA/sup D/r showed one, two, and four factor differences, respectively. On the basis of this evidence, it is concluded that the induced change is at a newly identified locus, Pi, and is recessive to the normal state; the action of pi is dependent on the presence of two doses of R; pi is epistatic over C; Pi or at least one dose of r is essential for the normal functioning of C; and in the absence of C-controlled anthocyamin, A and A/sup D/, the two alleles of A tested, have no recognizable action. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Jute Agricultural Research Inst., Barrackpore, India
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-017480
- OSTI ID:
- 4789281
- Journal Information:
- J. Heredity, Vol. Vol: 52; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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