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Yield Potential of Heterozygous Seedling Lethal Mutants of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. M. Rahman
M. M. Rahman
Affiliation:
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59715, U.S.A.
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Summary

The effects of homozygous and heterozygous loci of 20 seedling lethal mutants on yield and yield components of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were studied. Nine of the 20 populations studied exhibited one locus heterosis (positive or negative advantages of Aa genotype compared with AA genotype) for yield per plant or one or more components of yield. In five instances of significance all showed positive single locus (Aa) heterosis for number of seeds per spike. Seedling lethal mutants, Ac ac and Alb,, p alb,, p showed three yield-component-heterosis. These two mutants might be suitable for hybrid barley production.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , August 1981 , pp. 183 - 187
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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