title: Genetics of seed-coat colour in Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.
abstract: Intervarietal crosses in watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf., involving six parents with black (J18-1 and J 75), brown (J56-1 and N.H. Midget), red (Bykovski-199) or light cream (Red Nectar) seed-coat colour were made. Parents, F1, F2 and backcross populations were evaluated for their phenotypic expressions with regard to the seed-coat colours involved. Black colour was monogenically dominant over brown light cream and red colour of seed-coat separately or independently. Red colour was dominant over light cream colour of seed-coat by a single pair of genes. The light cream colour was recessive to the brown seed-coat colour of watermelon where a single pair of genes was involved.
authors: Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, India.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Nath
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Khandelwal