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I AM engaged on the cytology and genetics of perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne Lam.) and Italian rye-grass (L. multiflorurn Lam.). It is commonly believed that many plants intermediate between these two species are a result of hybridisation, and it was the object of the work to investigate this hybridism. In the course of the investigations, the inheritance of fluorescence of roots under ultra-violet light1 has been studied. The fluorescent character which is found in Italian rye-grass and strains of ‘false’ perennial but not in true perennial rye-grass offered an opportunity for rapid classification of types.
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CORKILL, L. Inheritance of Fluorescence in Rye-Grass. Nature 130, 134 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130134a0
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