The inheritance of cyanoglucoside content in Trifolium repens L.

TY - JOUR

T1 - The inheritance of cyanoglucoside content in Trifolium repens L.

AU - Hughes, Monica A.

AU - Stirling, Jane D.

AU - Collinge, David B.

PY - 1984/2/1

Y1 - 1984/2/1

N2 - A four generation backcross breeding program was undertaken. Analysis of the levels of cyanoglucoside in Acac progeny shows that the level of cyanoglucoside (linamarin and lotaustralin) is inherited and that part of the inherited variation in cyanoglucoside levels is attributable to the existence of different Ac alleles in the parent plant. In vitro microsomal cyanoglucoside biosynthetic activity was measured in a high-level and a low-level parent plant. There was no evidence for the presence of microsomes with different qualitative properties in the two plants. The Ac locus was shown to segregate independently of the S incompatibility locus.

AB - A four generation backcross breeding program was undertaken. Analysis of the levels of cyanoglucoside in Acac progeny shows that the level of cyanoglucoside (linamarin and lotaustralin) is inherited and that part of the inherited variation in cyanoglucoside levels is attributable to the existence of different Ac alleles in the parent plant. In vitro microsomal cyanoglucoside biosynthetic activity was measured in a high-level and a low-level parent plant. There was no evidence for the presence of microsomes with different qualitative properties in the two plants. The Ac locus was shown to segregate independently of the S incompatibility locus.

KW - cyanoglucoside

KW - genetic control

KW - incompatibility

KW - linamarin

KW - lotaustralin

KW - Trifolium

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U2 - 10.1007/BF00499294

DO - 10.1007/BF00499294

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 6712586

AN - SCOPUS:0021352428

SN - 0006-2928

VL - 22

SP - 139

EP - 151

JO - Biochemical Genetics

JF - Biochemical Genetics

IS - 1-2

ER -