Department of Plant Breeding, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263145.
* Address for correspondence: Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, N. D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar, Kumarpanj, Faizabad 224229.
The inheritanee of fasciation was studied in the parents, F1, F2 and F3. generations of mungbean. The fascination or branches is under the control of a single recessive gene with pleiotropic effect leading to the increase in the number or floral organs. The gene gene symbols fs1 is proposed for fasciation.
Mungbean, Vigna radiata, fasciation, pleiotropic effect
