1Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi 834 006, Jharkhand, India.
2Division of Germplasm Evaluation and Conservation, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Perources, New Delhi, 110012, India.
3Department of Plant Pathology, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi 834 006, Jharkhand, India.
4Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India.
Inheritance of peduncle length was studied in lentil based on the analysis of two crosses which involved parents with long peduncle (MC 6, LH 94–57) and short peduncle length (Sehore 74-3, LG 3685). The F1 plants in both the crosses had long peduncle, which indicates complete dominance of the trait. Segregation of F1 plants in both the crosses was in good agreement with the ratio of plant 3 long: 1 with short peduncle length. The gene symbol Pdl is proposed for this trait.
Gene symbol, Inheritance, Lentil, Peduncle length
