Recessive inheritance of morphological characteristics of utsukushimatsu,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus densiflora</Emphasis> f.<Emphasis Type="Italic">umbraculifera</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Akira?OhtaEmail author Yoshio?Murakawa |
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Institution: | (1) Shiga Forest Research Center, 520-2321 Yasu, Shiga, Japan |
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Abstract: | Pinus densiflora f.umbraculifera, commonly known as utsukushimatsu, is a distinctively shaped form of Japanese red pine whose growth is restricted to a forest
stand in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The inheritance mode of morphological characteristics of utsukushimatsu was studied to preserve
the genetic resource of this pine. As previously reported, F1 trees grown from open-pollinated seeds harvested from trees inhabiting the native stand showed two phenotypes: one resembling
utsukushimatsu, which produces multiple trunks, and the other resembling normalP. densiflora, which produces one or a few trunks. In the present study, controlled pollination was carried out using F1 and normalP. densiflora trees. Segregation ratios of the two phenotypes observed in the F2 population showed that the morphological characteristics of utsukushimatsu are inherited recessively. This suggests that
the mutation of one gene or a few closely linked genes controls the morphological characteristics of utsukushimatsu. Since
multiple trunk formation of utsukushimatsu might be related to a loss of lateral bud inhibition, it follows that a simple
gene mutation breaks apical dominance inP. densiflora. |
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Keywords: | apical dominance Pinus densiflora f umbraculifera pollination recessive inheritance utsukushimatsu |
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