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The Journal of Heredity 1981:72(4):245-248
© 1981 The American Genetic Association 72:245-248

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Inheritance of ornamental traits in mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia

Richard A. Jaynes

Department of Forestry and Horticulture, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station New Haven, CT 06504.

Abstract

Nine distinct flower or foliage forms in mountain laurel are described with evidence suggesting they are under single or at least simple gene control: dominant—fuscata (B) and star ring (Sr); recessive—polypetala (p), myrtifolia (m), obtusata (ob), angustata (w), ‘Bettina’ (be), apetala (ap), and ‘Shooting Star’ (s). Data on inheritance of flower color, with the exception of the banding traits, suggest polygenic control. True breeding lines of red-budded, white, and deep-pink flowering plants have been developed, along with true breeding lines of most of those traits under single gene control. Second and third generation crosses have demonstrated the ability to recombine several of these flower and foliage traits to produce new and attractive ornamental cultivars. The Kalmia breeder is fortunate that so many desirable flower and morphological traits in K. latifolia are under simple gene control and thus relatively easy to manipulate. This appears not to be the case with other woody genera, such as Camellia, Ilex, Pieris, and Rhododendron.


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