The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
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  • Year: 1989
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue: 3

Inheritance of Prostrate Mutant in Pigeonpea

  • Author:
  • K. B. Saxena1, S. C. Gupta1, D. G. Faris1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 397 to 398

1International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru P.O., Andhra Pradesh, 502324

Abstract

A true breeding, spontaneous, prostrate mutant was found in the population of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) germplasm accession 1CP 102, The mutant grows horizontally on the ground. Inheritance studies conducted in F1, F2 and testcross generations of two crosses indicated that this trait is controlled by a single recessive gene.

Keywords

Pigeonpea, Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp, prostrate, mutant, inheritance