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The inheritance of frost resistance and flowering response in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica)

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Broccoli inbred lines derived from the cross, broccoli x (cabbage x kale) were observed to differ in flowering response and frost resistance. Analysis of the F2 population from the cross, slow-bolter, frost tolerant and bolter, frost susceptible suggested that two dominant epistatic genes conditioned frost resistance, whereas flowering was polygenically inherited.

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  1. S. Honma

    Present address: Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, Maryland, USA

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  1. Michigan Experiment Station, 48823, East Lansing, Mich, U.S.A.

    J. C. Bouwkamp & S. Honma

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Published with the approval of the Director of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article Number 4685.

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Bouwkamp, J.C., Honma, S. The inheritance of frost resistance and flowering response in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica). Euphytica 18, 395–397 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00397787

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