Previous nomenclature and symbolization:
laxatum-a01 , lax-a01 (6, 12); laxatum 01, lax 01 (5, 7, 13).Inheritance:
Recessive to normal (6).Description:
Located on chromosome 7 L ; not far from the centromere (8, 15).
Florets with five anthers; two from transformed lodiculae (6).Origin of mutant:
Thin, angular grain with visible aleurone and awns with a wide base.
Spike internodes about 13% longer than normal. Plants with a tufty growth habit caused by the oblique angl-e of their tillers (13).
1954 after resting Bonus seed treated with 6,290rad y-rays.Mutational events: (1, 2, 3, 4)
lax-a01, -a4, -a8, -a20, -a37, -a39, -a59, -a208, -a218, -a222, -a229, -a249, -a256, -a278, -a286.Mutant used for description and seed stock:
lax-a8 and lax--a01 (5) in Bonus.
References:
1.Ehrenberg, L., Gustafsson, Å., and Lundqvist, U. 1956. Acta Chem. Scand. 10:492-494.
2. Ehrenberg, E. and Lundqvist, U. 1957. Hereditas 43:390-402.
3. Ehrenberg, L., Gustafsson, Å. and Lundqvist, U. 1959. Hereditas 45:351-368.
4. Ehrenberg, L., Gustafsson, Å. and Lundqvist, U. 1961. Hereditas 47:257-278.
5. Stoy, V. and Hagberg, A. 1967. Hereditas 58:359-384.
6. Persson, G. and Hagberg, A. 1969. Hereditas 61:115-178.
7. Gustafsson, Å., Hagberg, A., Lundqvist, U. and Persson, G. 1969. Hereditas 62:409-414.
8. Persson, G. 1969. Hereditas 63:1-28.
12. Søgaard, B., Nilan, R.A. and Wettstein, D.von-1984. BGN 14:140-172.
13. Larsson, H.E.B. 1985. Hereditas 103:239-253.
15. Larsson, H.E.B. 1985. Hereditas 103:269-279.
Prepared:
H.E.B. Larsson and U. Lundqvist 1986.