Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
TURKISH JOURNAL OF FIELD CROPS, cilt.18, sa.2, ss.229-232, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
The exploitation of exotic genetic resources in plant breeding is necessary to enhance diversity of cultivars. Purple color is an exceptional character in sesame and monitored rarely in stems, capsules and leaves. The purple sesame is suitable for commercial production with high antioxidant capacity. For understanding of its genetic behaviour, inheritance study was carried out for four years (2008-2011) by crossing Muganli-57 (female) and ACS 70 (male). Muganli-57 parent had green color in canopy while ACS 70 was purple. All the plants in the F-1 generation were purple colored. In F-2 population, 3:1 segregation ratio showed that purple color character was controlled by a single dominant gene. F-2 progenies were sown to single rows separately, either purple or green plants. The green plants in F-2 were also green colored in F-3 with no segregation while the purple plants obtained from F-2 indicated purple and green colors in F-3 with a segregation ratio of 3:1. These segregations demonstrated that purple color in sesame was under the control of a single gene and this unique color was dominant over traditional green color. This accession (ACS 70) is a valuable genetic resource by providing a unique color character in sesame. The result presenting in this study would be of importance for further improvement of high antioxidant capacity in sesame.