Title: THE QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE IN SPRING WHEAT OF MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES ABOVE THE FLAG LEAF NODE
Abstract: A diallel cross between five spring wheat varieties showed that structures above the flag leaf node which contributed to the overall photosynthetic area of this region were highly heritable. For most of the characters studied additive genetic variance was significant while non-additive variance was not. The number of ears per plant and the yield per plant showed full dominance, while for the 1,000-kernel weight overdominance was present. Partial dominance was significant for peduncle length, the extrusion of the head from the leaf sheath and for the ear length.
Publication Year: 1970
Publication Date: 1970-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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