Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains

Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) is a major food crop in the humid lowland tropics of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Lodging, caused by strong winds occurs periodically in these areas. Therefore, development of dwarf plantain cultivars and elucidation of the inheritance of dwarfism is desir...

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Autores principales: Ortíz, R., Vuylsteke, D.R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101068
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author Ortíz, R.
Vuylsteke, D.R.
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description Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) is a major food crop in the humid lowland tropics of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Lodging, caused by strong winds occurs periodically in these areas. Therefore, development of dwarf plantain cultivars and elucidation of the inheritance of dwarfism is desirable. A heterozygous normal plantain cultivar (2n= 2x) with long false‐internodes (19.4 ± 0.9 cm) was crossed with a homozygous wild banana (2n= 2x) with short false‐internodes (6.9 ± 0.4 cm) to develop a test‐cross segregating population. A total of 74 euploids (2x, 3x and 4x) were produced. Forty‐one normal and 24 dwarf diploids were obtained, which fits a 2: 1 trisomic test‐cross segregation ratio for one locus. Dwarfism is controlled by a single recessive gene, dw. At the tetraploid level, two normal and six dwarf hybrids were produced, suggesting that the dw locus is close to the centromere and that there is a dosage effect of the dw allele at the tetraploid level.
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spelling CGSpace1010682024-05-15T05:12:14Z Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains Ortíz, R. Vuylsteke, D.R. food crops plantains hybrids dwarfism Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) is a major food crop in the humid lowland tropics of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Lodging, caused by strong winds occurs periodically in these areas. Therefore, development of dwarf plantain cultivars and elucidation of the inheritance of dwarfism is desirable. A heterozygous normal plantain cultivar (2n= 2x) with long false‐internodes (19.4 ± 0.9 cm) was crossed with a homozygous wild banana (2n= 2x) with short false‐internodes (6.9 ± 0.4 cm) to develop a test‐cross segregating population. A total of 74 euploids (2x, 3x and 4x) were produced. Forty‐one normal and 24 dwarf diploids were obtained, which fits a 2: 1 trisomic test‐cross segregation ratio for one locus. Dwarfism is controlled by a single recessive gene, dw. At the tetraploid level, two normal and six dwarf hybrids were produced, suggesting that the dw locus is close to the centromere and that there is a dosage effect of the dw allele at the tetraploid level. 1995-10 2019-04-24T12:29:50Z 2019-04-24T12:29:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101068 en Limited Access Wiley Ortiz, R. & Vuylsteke, D. (1995). Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains. Plant Breeding, 114, 466-468.
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Vuylsteke, D.R.
Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains
title Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains
title_full Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains
title_fullStr Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains
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title_short Inheritance of dwarfism in AAB plantains
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plantains
hybrids
dwarfism
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