Department to Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kalyani (W. B.)
Inheritance of 7 different characters in Corchorus olitorius was investiggted, of which crumpled/normal leaf and nonshiny/shiny seed coat are monogenically controlled, glossy/nonglossy leaf and flat/rolled leaf are governed by two pairs of complementary genes, nonfuzzy/fuzzy seed coat is controlled by duplicate genes, and seed coat colour (black, green and chocolate) and leaf size (narrow, intermediate and broad) showed modified trigenic ratios (27: 21: 16 and 36: 15: 13).
Pale green/deep green leaf, shallow serrated/deep serrated leaf and nonfasciated/fasciated stem in C. capsularis were found to be inherited monogenically.
Fasciation of stem and branching in C. capsularis were found to be linked genetically, the M. L. estimate of linkage being 28.81% ± 2.56%.
