Inheritance of Black-Pod Color in Peanut

Branch, W.D. and Williams, D.E. and Williams, E.J. (1997) Inheritance of Black-Pod Color in Peanut. Journal of Heredity, 88 (2). pp. 156-158.

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Abstract

A cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. subsp. fastigiata var. fastigiata) was recently found with black outer pod color. This is the first report of a genetically controlled Black-Pod trait in peanut. Color change of the outer pod layer (exocarp) was found to coincide with maturation similar to that previously observed within the middle pod layer (mesocarp).Crosses with this true-breeding accession (PI 560927) both between and within subspecies of the cultigen indicated a single dominant gene, designated Bp, for the Black-Pod trait. No cytoplasmic effects were detected among progenies from reciprocal crosses, and linkage was not detected between genes for Black-Pod and dominant Krinkle-Leaf or Black-Pod and dominant red testa color.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Black-Pod trait
Author Affiliation:	Department of Crop Science and Plant Ecology, University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon
Subjects:	Crop Improvement
Divisions:	Groundnut
Depositing User:	Mr Arbind Seth
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2012 13:58
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2012 13:58
Official URL:	http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/content/88/2/115....
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8076

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