Characteristics and Inheritance of Seed-Ageing Induced Mutations in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Rao, N K and Roberts, H (1989) Characteristics and Inheritance of Seed-Ageing Induced Mutations in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Plant Breeding, 102 (4). pp. 306-310. ISSN 0179-9541

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Abstract

Mutations affecting qualitative traits were induced by seed ageing in lettuce. The mutant plants were isolated in the A2 generation and included chlorophyll-deficient types (chlorotica, lutescens, chlorina-virescens, luteo and viridalbo maculate), and morphological variants (dwarf and narrow, thick and curly leaf types). The leaf mutants were found to be either partially or completely sterile. Segregation pattern of the mutants in A3 generation showed that, except for the maculata types, all chlorophyll deficiencies and the dwarf mutant are controlled by single recessive nuclear genes. The genetic status of the leaf mutants was not clear, due to possible pleiotropic effect of the mutant genes in inducing gametophytic sterility. The maculata mutants exhibited sorting out of the normal and chlorophyll deficient regions during vegetative development and segregated for different degrees of chlorophyll deficiency in selfed progenies. The maculata mutants probably originated by plastome mutations induced by nuclear mutator genes

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Lactuca sativa, aged seeds, induced mutations, characteristics, inheritance
Subjects:	Others > Oilseeds
Depositing User:	Mr B K Murthy
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2014 05:46
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2014 05:46
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7750
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.1989.tb01260...
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