Genetic control

Potential of hypocotyl diameter in family selection aiming at plant architecture improvement of common bean

A. M. C. Oliveira, Batista, R. O., Carneiro, P. C. S., Carneiro, J. E. S., and Cruz, C. D., Potential of hypocotyl diameter in family selection aiming at plant architecture improvement of common bean, vol. 14, pp. 11515-11523, 2015.

Cultivars of common bean with more erect plant architecture and greater tolerance to degree of lodging are required by producers. Thus, to evaluate the potential of hypocotyl diameter (HD) in family selection for plant architecture improvement of common bean, the HDs of 32 F2 plants were measured in 3 distinct populations, and the characteristics related to plant architecture were analyzed in their progenies.

Genetic improvement of plant architecture in the common bean

V. M. P. Silva, Júnior, J. A. N. Menezes, Carneiro, P. C. S., Carneiro, J. E. S., and Cruz, C. D., Genetic improvement of plant architecture in the common bean, vol. 12, pp. 3093-3102, 2013.

Knowledge of genetic control of plant architecture in the common bean can help breeders define the most adequate breeding strategy to optimize gains. We examined genetic control of plant architecture in the common bean by means of partial diallel crosses. Fourteen bean lines were crossed under a partial diallel scheme, in which group 1 was composed of 8 erect plant lines and group 2 of 6 carioca-type grain lines.

Inheritance of parthenocarpy in summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

C. B. de Menezes, Maluf, W. R., de Azevedo, S. M., Faria, M. V., Nascimento, I. R., Nogueira, D. W., Gomes, L. A. A., and Bearzoti, E., Inheritance of parthenocarpy in summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.), vol. 4, pp. 39-46, 2005.

The inheritance of the tendency to set parthenocarpic fruit in the summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) line Whitaker was studied. Two parental lines, Whitaker (parthenocarpic) and Caserta (non-parthenocarpic), and the F1 and F2 generations and backcrosses to both parents were tested. The parthenocarpic tendency of individual plants was scored on a scale from 1 (non-parthenocarpic fruit) to 5 (parthenocarpic fruit). The Whitaker line produced parthenocarpic fruit and had a mean score of 4.2, whereas Caserta did not set parthenocarpic fruit and had a score of 1.55.

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