Co-Authors:
Klein, M., Dept. of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
Umiel, N., Dept. of Ornamental Horticulture, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel
Abstract:
Reciprocal crosses in all possible combinations between the yellow-green (YG) wild line and two body color mutations - viridian-green (VG) and grayish-white (GW) - of the spiny bollworm, Earias insulana (Boisd.), indicated that these mutations were not sex-linked or controlled cytoplasmically. The YG phenotype was dominant over both body color mutations. A genetic model involving two genes with recessive epistasis is proposed for the inheritance of body color. © 1990 Springer Science + Business Media B.V.