Division of Ornamental Crops, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research Bangalore 560 089.
Present address: * Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, I.A.R.I., New Delhi.
The genetics of drooping and erect growth habits was studied in five cross combinations involving six parents in China aster. Growth habit was found to be controlled by one major gene. Droopingness was incompletely dominant over erectness. Gene Dp governeddroopir1g habit, while its allele dp controlled erect habit.
