Abstract
An annual-flowering cabbage, the result of mutation, occurred in 1956 among heading plants of the Morden Midget variety. Monogenic dominance for the annual character was indicated by an inheritance test. The classification of annual and normal type progeny plants from the annual × Morden Midget cross used in the test, was complicated by biennial growth factors. The time of flowering varied markedly among annual plants. Also, the ability to set seed in the field varied in the early flowering group. In a large proportion of plants, fertility increased as daylength decreased in autumn, indicating a probable seasonal improvement in self- and cross-compatibility Some plant forms among the annual plants resembled sprouting broccoli.
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Contribution 33, Research Branch, Canada Agriculture Experimental Farm, Morden, Manitoba
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Walkof, C. A mutant annual cabbage. Euphytica 12, 77–80 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033596
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033596