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GrainGenes Gene Report: Kp-5 (Avena)

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Gene
Kp-5 (Avena)
Gene Class
Kernel pubescence
Reference
ReferenceTang SY (1938) Inheritance of spikelet characters in oat crosses involving Early Ripe and two strains of Avena sterilis macrocarpa.
ReferenceShaw FJF and Bose RD (1933) Studies in Indian oats. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science 754-807.
ReferenceWiggans RG (1918) The inheritance of certain characters in a cross between Red Texas and Swedish Select oats.
Comment
Second gene for kernel pubescence in Red Texas.
Info Source
ReferenceSimons MD et al. (1978) Oats: A standardized system of nomenclature for genes and chromosomes and catalog of genes governing characters. USDA Agriculture Handbook 509:1-40.

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