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Inheritance and Trisome Linkage of Seedling Characters in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench¹

Segregation ratios of 24 seedling lethals in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench indicated that the characters were simply inherited.

Some of the genes controlling these characters were tested for linkage with specific chromosomes by using primary trisomic plants. F₂ segregation ratios in progenies from crosses of trisomic x genetic stocks showed that the gene w₁₈ was associated with the bottle-brush trisome and the genes w₁₉ and w₂₀ were associated with the cone trisome. The genes controlling coleoptile color (Rs₁ and Rs₂) were associated with the small-glume and stiff-branch trisomes, respectively.

Key Words: Lethal seedlings • Albinos • Coleoptile color • Virescents • Chlorophyll deficient

² Research Assistant, Soil and Crop Sciences Department, Texas A&M University and Geneticist, Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA, College Station, Texas.

Received for publication February 19, 1970.