[Inheritance of the white-flower and its influence to related characters in eggplant (Solanum melongem Linn)].
The inheritance of the white-flower and its influence to related characters in eggplant were studied with the white-flowered mutant of XIANLVQIE and its maternal bred. Result showed that the flower color was attributed to a couple of complete dominance genes. Purple color flower "Col" was dominant to the white "col". Compared with the purple-flowered strain, the white-flowered strain not only grew more blooming, but also had more stamens in one flower, less pollens in one anther and less seeds in one fruit. In the meanwhile, in white-flowered eggplants, microspore and fruit was bigger, and yield was higher than purple-flowered. The white-flowered strain could be used as a variety and the white-flowered character could be used as a marker to appraise purity of hybrid in eggplant.
Lin
Gui-Rong
GR
College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, China. linguirong@hotmail.com
Li
Bao-Jiang
BJ
Wei
Yu-Tang
YT
D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010858:Pigmentation; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D032323:Solanum melongena / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology