Inheritance of some induced mutant characters in jute (Corchorus olitorius L.)

Induced mutant characters of jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) such as, chlorina, virescent, yellow, patchy albino leaf colour; waxy leaf surface; ribbon, cordate, trifid leaf forms; distant and extreme leaf serration; dwarf, stiff, lazy stem, drooping top, bushy stem, white stem; foliaceous stipule; white flower and round pod, were all monogenic recessive in nature. The F₂ generation of their crosses with the genotypes having wild type characters segregated into 3:1 ratio for each mutant characters. Gene symbols for these characters are proposed. No linkage could be detected amongst these mutants.