The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
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  • Year: 1997
  • Volume: 57
  • Issue: 1

Inheritance of plant height and seed coat colour in yellow sarson (Brassica campestris L.)

  • Author:
  • S. K. Varshney, S. Shrivastava, B. Rai
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 108 to 111

Department of Plant Breeding, Rajendra Agricultural University Pusa, Samastipur, 848125.

* Present address: Department of Seed Technology, Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, Distt. Muzaffarpur 843121.

Abstract

Crosses were made between sarson variety 66-197-3 and a dwarf tona to study inheritance of plant height and seed coat colour. The results obtained indicated that the characters plant height and seed coat colour are governed by two genes with tall and brown seed coat colour as dominant characters.

Keywords

Yellow sarson, toria, plant height, seed coat colour