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Dwarfing Gene Effects on Coleoptile Length in Pearl Millet

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1989.0011183X002900040025x
 
Title Dwarfing Gene Effects on Coleoptile Length in Pearl Millet
 
Creator Soman, P
Rai, K N
Bidinger, F R
 
Subject Millets
 
Description The effect of the d2 dwarfing gene on the length of the coleoptile, mesocotyl and plumule was assessed in 12 pairs of isogenic tall/dwarf (d2) inbred lines and 16 pairs of isogenic tall/dwarf hybrids. Culm lengths were measured in replicated field trials in 2 seasons and the lengths of coleoptiles and mesocotyls in seedlings germinated in incubators in the dark at 35°C. Culm length differed significantly between tall and dwarf entries of both inbreds and hybrids but the length of both coleoptile and mesocotyl were similar in both height classes. There were significant differences in coleoptile and mesocotyl lengths among individual entries tested but these were due to parental line or hybrid parent effects. The d2 gene in pearl millet did not affect coleoptile or mesocotyl length as reported for dwarfing genes in other cereals.
 
Publisher Crop Science Society of America
 
Date 1989
 
Type Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2614/1/Dwarfing_gene_effects_on_coleoptile_length_in_pearl_millet.pdf
Soman, P and Rai, K N and Bidinger, F R (1989) Dwarfing Gene Effects on Coleoptile Length in Pearl Millet. Crop Science, 29 (4). pp. 956-958. ISSN 0011-183X