Necrosis genes in Japanese local varieties of common wheat1)
K. TSUNEWAKI and Y. NAKAI
Laboratory of Genetics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
There are about 250 varieties of common wheat, Triticum aestivum L. em. THELL., in Japan, which can be called local. They have been maintained in the Central Agricultural Experiment Station, Konosu. Of those, 198 varieties were crossed to three testers of necrosis and chlorosis genes, and their genotypes were determined. The results are given in the following table:
