INHERITANCE OF SOME INDUCED MUTANT CHARACTERS IN JUTE (CORCHORUS OLITORIUS L.)

Abstract

Induced mutant characters of jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) such as, chlorina, virescent, yellow, patchy albino leaf colour; waxy leaf surface, ribbon, cordate, trifid leaf forms; distant and extreme leaf serration; dwarf, stiff, lazy stem, drooping top,bll!!!hY stem, white stem; foliaceous stipule; white flower and round pod, were all monogenic recessive in nature. The F2 generation of their crosses with the genotypes having wild type characters segregated into 3:1 ratio for each mutant characters. Gene symbols for these characters are proposed. No linkage could be detected amongst these mutants.