Inheritance of Rest Period of Seeds in the Peanut


val val vaa va2 while Spanish may be assigned Val Val va2 va2
and runner peanuts val vaa Va2 Va2. The classification of pea-
nut varieties proposed and used here may thus be given addi-
tional support.
TABLE 11.-SUMMARY OF THE INHERITANCE OF VALENCIA PLANT TYPE
 FROM THE F3 GENERATION OF CROSS 1 x 14.

 Breeding behavior of
 F2 plants N X2 p
 All Non-1 All
 _Valencial 15:1 | 3:1 1 Valencial
Observed ............ 47.0 5 16 4.0
Theoretical* .. 39.5 10 18 4.5 72 4.03 0.25

 Summary of F2 families
 breeding 15:1
 Non-valencia I Valencia
Observed ............. 92.0 7.0 99
Theoretical* ....... 88.1 10.9 99 1.57 0.21

 Summary of FP families
 breeding 3:1
 Non-valencia Valencia ]
Observed .............. 174.0 47.0 221
Theoretical .......... 165.8 53.2 1.64 0.20

 *Corrected for small numbers-see text.

 Since the above paragraphs were written, John and Seshadri
 (10) have described the Valencia type very accurately as it is
 usually recovered from crosses of Spanish and runner peanuts.
 They recovered it from a cross of bunch and spreading types
 and found it bred true. They failed to note that the char-
 acteristic elongated axis of the inflorescence is also characteristic
 of the Valencia group as listed here and described this double
 recessive as a new variety.

 BRACHYTIC DWARF PLANTS
 Brachytic dwarf plants were discovered in a field planting
of one F2 family of a cross of Virginia Runner with Tennessee
Red. Five other F0 families of the same cross did not show the
character nor has it appeared in any other cultures, although