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Breeding for resistance to root-knot nematodes in tomatoes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. Fatunla  and
A. Salu
T. Fatunla
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
A. Salu
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Science, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Summary

Resistance in Rossol and Nematex is separately conditioned by single genes. The genes are incompletely dominant and non-allelic. It was not possible to distinguish between homozygous and heterozygous resistant plants in segregating families.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 187 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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