Inheritance of Hairiness of Stem and Petiole in a Selection from Local (Nigeria) Germoplasm of Sesame

Abstract

Character differences were studied in inter specific crosses involving Sesamum indicum L. and Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl. Results show that inheritance of many hairs on stem and petiole was controlled by two independently assorting genes with both dominant alleles S- and P- producing many hairs in stem and petiole respectively. Only the genotypes sspp homozygous for both recessive alleles were plants with few hairs. The implications of these findings in the species evolution are discussed.

Keywords

• Sesamum indicum L.
• Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl.
• Homozygous
• Alleles
• Nigeria