The inheritance of some characters in the mung bean,Phaseolus aureus roxb

Four allelic pairs were found to segregate from the cross between two mung bean varieties:rrGGSSdd×RRggssDD. R.rr stands for red versus green cotyledons, hypocotyl and top of leaflet stalk, and for beige yellow versus bright yellow flowers. Seed coat differences areG.-gg for green versus yellow (or brownish) basic colour,S.-ss for spotted (mottled) versus non-spotted (self colour), andD.-dd for dull versus shiny surface.In the spotted class (S.), R.-rr conditions spot covered (SS) and dark spotted (Ss) versus light spotted (SS andSs). Consequently, the F₁ is dark spotted.The recombination value betweenR-r andD-d was 15%.The findings are compared with data from litterature onPhaseolus aureus and its close relatives.