Table 3 The five phenotypic categories of waxless mutants in the Scandinavian mutant collection with the numbers of loci and mutants. Mutant groups with five or more alleles are shown. (- = absent, + = reduced, and + + = normal wax coating)
Category of mutant | Spike | Leaf sheath | Leafe blade | No. of loci | No. of mutants | Mutant groups with 5 or more alleles (no. of mutants) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spike and leaf sheath | - | - |  + +  | 8 | 533 | cer-a (62), cer-b (39), cer-c (204), cer-q (156), cer-x (34), cer-z (9) |
Partial spike and leaf sheath |  +  |  +  |  + +  | 19 | 339 | cer-f (5), cer-g (41), cer-n (56), cer-r (9), cer-s (19), cer-u (147), cer-zi (18), cer-zu (11) |
Spike | - |  + +  |  + +  | 23 | 294 | cer-d (14), cer-e (45), cer-h (6), cer-i (68), cer-o (5), cer-t (50), cer-v (6), cer-w (19), cer-yc (5), cer-yt (11), cer-yy (19), cer-zb (6), cer-zc (16), cer-zn (6), cer-zo (5) |
Leaf blade |  + +  |  + +  | - | 25 | 390 | cer-j (69), cer-p (37), cer-yb (5), cer-ye (5), cer-yj (5), cer-ys (5), cer-yu (7), cer-za (79), cer-zd (7), cer-ze (72), cer-zh (10), cer-zj (58), cer-zp (7) |
Spike, leaf sheath and leaf blade | - | - | - | 4 | 24 | cer-zk (17) |