High-double stock varieties: Extra chromosome in trisomic stock responsible for higher ratio in production of double flowers

Frost, H; Lesley, M

High-double stock varieties: Extra chromosome in trisomic stock responsible for higher ratio in production of double flowers

Authors

Howard B. Frost
Margaret Mann Lesley

Authors Affiliations

Howard B. Frost is Associate Plant Breeder, Emeritus, University of California, Riverside; Margaret Mann Lesley is Research Associate, University of California, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 8(2):11-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v008n02p11. February 1954.

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Abstract

Some varieties of stocks–Matthiola incana–are homozygous, or pure, for singleness and produce single flowers only.

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