GENE EFFECTS AND HETEROSIS IN CAULIFLOWER-I

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STUDIES on the inheritance of quantitative characters in cauliflower are inadequate. Nieuwhof and Garretsen (1961) studied the solidity of the curd and

found that it was polygenically inherited. Recently, Watts (1964, 1965a, b)

reported similar findings with regard to curd maturity. Jones (1932), Belorossova

(1935), Horne (1948), Svensson (1954) and Weiring (1961) reported usefulness

of the F, hybrids in respect of earliness of maturity and compactness and whiteness ofcurd with good keeping quality. Although Haigh (1962) did not find

pronounced heterosis in this crop, Watts (1965b) reported heterosis manifested

as earliness of maturity and increased curd size. The present investigation

aimed at studying these two aspects in medium and late maturing varieties of

cauliflower.

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Year: 1966
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Article DOI: NA
Print ISSN: 0019-5200
Online ISSN: 0975-6906

Authors

VISHNU SWARUP and A. B. PAL info_circle

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