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The inheritance of five qualitative character differences in winged bean was studied in two crosses. All five character pairs were based on a single gene difference with complete dominance of purple over green stem colour, purple over green calyx colour, purple over green pod wing colour, purple specks over green pod and rectangular over flat pod shape. Linkage was observed between stem and calyx colour and also pod wing colour and pod specks.
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Erskine, W., Khan, T.N. Inheritance of pigmentation and pod shape in winged bean. Euphytica 26, 829–831 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021714
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021714