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Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The)
Year : 1981, Volume : 41, Issue : 1
First page : ( 114) Last page : ( 117)
Print ISSN : 0019-5200. Online ISSN : 0975-6906.

Inheritance in Indian melons*

Parthasarathy V. A.1Faculty of Agriculture, Sambandam C. N., Faculty of Agriculture

Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, 608 101, India

*Part of the thesis submitted by the senior author for the award of Ph.D. degree in Agriculture of Annamalai University.

1Present address: Division of Horticulture, IGAR Res. Complex for NEH region, Nongnm Hills Shillong-793 003.

Summary

The inheritance of four characters were studied in three crossed involving one wild and three cultivated melons. Bitterness of tender fruits, and smooth fruit surface were monogenically dominant. Yellow colour of fruit skin was monogenically dominant over green but recessive to dark green colour. Bursting of fruits was digenically controlled. Both complementary and supplementary gene action were observed.

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