Rosette-Dwarf

Phenotype: rosette form
Genotype: ros/ros

Rosette-Dwarf is a true-breeding Fast Plants stock that is homozygous recessive for a gene that causes deficiency of the growth hormone gibberellic acid, resulting in stems that do not elongate after seedlings emerge. This stock develops compact plants with dark green leaves that fan out at soil level.

Investigations

• Physiology
• Investigating the inheritance of the rosette trait in crosses with Standard Fast Plants
• Inheritance studies involving purple pigment (anthocyanin) production and expression in crosses with Non-Purple Stem variety (anl/anl)

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