Abstract
A tetraploid form of Phleum pratense from southwestern Europe was found to behave cytogenetically as an autotetraploid. Inheritance patterns in inbred seedlings artificially inoculated with stem rust agreed with this interpretation if chromosome and chromatid assortment are assumed.
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Results of cooperative investigations of the Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station.
Geneticist, Crops Research Division, A.R.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture, and former Graduate Assistant, Agronomy Department, Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Nielsen, E.L., Nath, J. Cytogenetics of a tetraploid form of Phleum pratense L.. Euphytica 10, 343–350 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039104
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