Genetic Studies on the Leaf Variegation of Allium fistulosum Linnaeus
- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Genetics Society of Japan in The Japanese Journal of Genetics
- Vol. 36 (5-6) , 151-156
- https://doi.org/10.1266/jjg.36.151
Abstract
Variegated plants of Allium fistulosum produced albino, variegated and green plants in S1 generation by self-pollination. The variegated S1 plants segregated into albino, variegated and green plants in S2 and S3. The green S1 plants produced albino and green plants in S2 and the latter produced only green plants in S3. The F1S of the cross, variegated [female] x normal green [male]consisted of albino variegated and green plants. The variegated F1 plants segregated albino, variegated and green plants in the later generations. The green F1 plants produced albino and green plants in the offspring. The F1S of the cross, normal green [female] X variegated [male] were green, which produced only green plants with a few exceptional variegated plants. It was concluded that the leaf variegation found in Welsh onion is maternally inherited and that the mutability of plastids is responsible for variegation.Keywords
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