Inheritance of Shoot-Lacking Phenomenon in Interspecific Hybrids of Squash

호박 종간잡종에서 생장점 결여현상의 유전

Squash cultivars of Cucurbita moschata have good fresh quality, but their viny growth habit hinders wide cultivation under structure. On the other hand, 'Zucchini' varieties of C. pepo have bush growth habit and better growth ability under the low temperature condition than C. moschata, but have inferior flesh quality. To combine desirable characteristics of the two species, many attempts have been exerted to obtain interspecific hybrids. A shootless phenomenon was found among segregating populations; the cotyledon expanded normally but further shoot growth. The inheritance of the character was investigated in F₂ and BC₁F₂ populations. The segregation ratios indicated that the shoot-lacking characteristics is expressed by double recessive gene pairs.

페포종 호박과 동양종 호박의 종간잡종 후대에서 자엽만 자라고 본엽이 전혀 나타나지 않는 생장점 결여현상이 발견되었으며, 이 특성은 유전분석 결과 두 쌍의 열성 동형접합인자에 의해 발현되는 것으로 밝혀졌다.