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The inheritance of Al tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) was studied in nutrient solution. Analysis of relative seminal root lengths of six generations (P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1, and BC2) derived from crosses between tolerant and non-tolerant inbred lines showed that additive gene effects contributed most to genetic variation for Al tolerance of the materials included in this study. Dominance effects accounted for only half as much variation as did additive effects. Effects of epistasis contributed little compared to other gene effects. The frequency distributions of plants within the F2 generations were continuous, unimodal, and typical for quantitatively inherited traits. There was some tendency for non-tolerance to be dominant over tolerance, but it was not consistent. In a diallel cross among inbred lines, the analysis of F1 crosses indicated that the variance for general combining ability explained most of the variation, but specific combining ability was statistically significant in each case.
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Magnavaca, R., Gardner, C.O., Clark, R.B. (1987). Inheritance of aluminum tolerance in maize. In: Gabelman, W.H., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3581-5_18
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