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- Title
Effect of genome composition and cytoplasm on petal colour in resynthesized amphidiploids and sesquidiploids derived from crosses between Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea.
- Authors
Zhang, B.; Lu, C. M.; Kakihara, F.; Kato, M.
- Abstract
Abstract The effect of genome composition and cytoplasm on petal colour was studied in Brassica. Three accessions of yellow-petalled B. rapa (2n = 20, AA) were crossed with a white-petalled B. oleracea var. alboglabra (2n = 18, CC) and with three cream–yellow-petalled B.oleracea var. gongylodes (2n = 18, CC) to produce resynthesized B. napus (2n = 38, AACC or CCAA) and sesquidiploids (2n = 29, AAC or CAA). Petal colour was measured with a Hunter automatic colour difference meter. The results revealed that petal colour in Brassica is controlled by nuclear genes and by cytoplasmic factors. Additive and epistatic gene effects were involved in the action of nuclear genes. When crosses were made between yellow-petalled B.rapa and white-petalled B. oleracea var. alboglabra , significant additive, epistatic and cytoplasmic effects were found. White petal colour was partially epistatic over yellow petal colour. When crosses were made between yellow-petalled B. rapa and cream–yellow-petalled B.oleracea var. gongylodes, only epistatic effects were detected. Yellow petal colour was epistatic over cream–yellow.
- Subjects
BRASSICA; GENOMES; CYTOPLASM
- Publication
Plant Breeding, 2002, Vol 121, Issue 4, p297
- ISSN
0179-9541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.722295.x