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Discovery of second gene for solid dark green versus light green rind pattern in watermelon.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Kumar Rakesh, Wehner Todd C
Abstract excerpt
The watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus) has high variability for fruit size, shape, rind pattern, and flesh color. This study was designed to measure the qualitative inheritance of rind phenotypes (solid dark green vs. light green). For each of the 2 families, "Mountain Hoosier" × "Minilee" and "Early Arizona" × "Minilee," 6 generations (P(a)S(1), P(b)S(1), F(1), F(2), BC(1)P(a),...
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