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The occurrence and inheritance of waxy bloom on sorghum

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All sorghum varieties develop a waxy bloom. When heavy this bloom is present on the leaf-sheath, leaf-blade, internode, panicle branch and glume. It is best seen at flowering time. When sparse, the bloom is easily seen at the top of the leaf-sheath, top of the internode, and the base of the under-surface of the leaf. Some groups of sorghum show the bloom in heaviness and others in sparseness. The heavy bloomed condition (H) is a simple dominant to the sparse bloomed condition (h). The factor (H) is independent in inheritance to the leaf-sheath colour factors P and Q, leaf margin disposition factor Mu, grain surface structure factor Z, and the brown grain factors B1 and B2.

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  1. Agricultural Research Institute, Coimbatore

    G. N. Rangaswami Ayyangar, V. Panduranga Rao, A. Kunhikoran Nambiar & B. W. X. Ponnaiah

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Ayyangar, G.N.R., Rao, V.P., Nambiar, A.K. et al. The occurrence and inheritance of waxy bloom on sorghum. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 5, 4–15 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048473

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