Inheritance of deleterious factors causing chlorophyll deficiency and seed sterility in lentils

Lentils do not produce albino seedlings. Chlorophyll-deficiencies appear as several yellow-green or pale-green patterns. These may be short, weak plants or plants with normal growth and development. It was observed that lentil plants are generally highly responsive to environmental growing condition...

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Published in:The Journal of heredity 1978-07, Vol.69 (4), p.267-269
Main Authors: WILSON, V. E., HUDSON, L. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Lentils do not produce albino seedlings. Chlorophyll-deficiencies appear as several yellow-green or pale-green patterns. These may be short, weak plants or plants with normal growth and development. It was observed that lentil plants are generally highly responsive to environmental growing conditions. Chlorophyll-deficient and floret-sterile plants, before the flowering stage, might be difficult to distinguish from normal plants in controlled environments at relatively low temperatures (15–20˚C). In this study, plants with deleterious factors were identified when a plant failed to set seeds or when normal-appearing seeds did not germinate. It appeared that pollen quality as well as stigma receptivity were factors related to sterile florets. At relatively high temperatures (22–25˚C), flowering periods were shortened and plants died prematurely.
ISSN:0022-1503
1465-7333
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108944