GENETIC STUDY ON SUGAR AND SOUR TRAITS OF MELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.)

Four generations of P₁, P₂, F₁ and F₂ were used to study the inheritance of melon sugar content, sour content and sugar acid radio traits in mutation inbred line with sour taste (76-2 by ⁶⁰Co- irradiation) and ‘Huangpicui’ by joint analysis method of multiple generations.
The results showed that the sugar content was controlled by two pairs of equal additive major genes plus additive-dominant polygene (E-4 model). The major gene heritability is 88.8%; the polygene heritability is 6.94%. The inheritance of sour content fitted one pair of additive–dominance major gene plus additive–dominance-epitasis polygene (D-0 model). The major gene heritability is 26.68%; the polygene heritability is 72.77%. Sugar acid radio trait fitted two pairs of additive-dominance-epitasis major genes plus additive-dominant polygene (E-1 model). The major gene heritability is 82.86%; the polygene heritability is 16.02%.

IV International Symposium on Cucurbits

H. Zhang, H.P. Yi, M.Z. Wu, H.S. Wang, C.X. He, Z.B. Zhang, X. Zhang

melon, sugar acid radio, genetic

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.871.15