INHERITANCE OF PHOTOCHEMICAL AIR POLLUTION TOLERANCE IN PETUNIAS

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Abstract
Seven commercial inbred lines of pink flowered multiflora petunia (Petunia hybrida Vilm.) which differed widely in degrees of tolerance to photochemical oxidants were crossed in all possible combinations to yield a complete diallel cross. Sibling representatives of all 49 possible hybrids were separately subjected to ozone (O3), peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) and ambient oxidants at Arcadia, California, [USA]. The seedlings were scored for tolerance to each pollutant and the inheritance of tolerance to each pollutant was studied. At the ambient levels of photochemical oxidants encountered, PAN more severely injured the petunias than did the O3 component. Hybrids tolerant to 1 oxidant were not necessarily tolerant to the other. The genes which contributed photochemical oxidant tolerance in petunia acted primarily in an additive manner with some indication of partial dominance for tolerance. Gene interaction was evident in the expression of petunia sensitivity to PAN.

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