Abstract
Knowing breeding behavior and cytological location of traits helps breeders. My objective was to locate dominant genes for long first internode of corn (Zea mays L.). I determined that Hopi Indian corn PI213733 (variety Komona) displayed the trait and grew well in the U.S. Corn Belt. I crossed PI213733 to 26 translocation tester stocks in Minnesota inbred A188 background, backcrossed semi-sterile plants carrying the translocation to A188 the next generation, and grew the segregating generation planted in trenches 15 cm deep with ridges of dirt 10 cm high one year, in trenches 25 cm deep the other year and also at normal (6 cm) depth. Emerged plants were classified for semi-sterility or for normal pollen. I concluded from multiple testers for each chromosome arm that dominant genes for long first internode are located (chromosome and region) on 3S, on 6 near the centromere, and on 9S; spurious associations occurred for two testers. Measurement of cell lengths indicated that PI213733 had more cells than A188 both in upper and in lower mesocotyl sections and that lower, older cells elongated sooner. I found a normal-sized kernel with twin embryos that developed two long first internode seedlings indicating that the amount of endosperm did not limit mesocotyl growth.
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