The nud (Hordeum) Gene
 Gene Class : Naked karyopsis


Kap/Lks2 phenotype
(see description below)
 Kap/lks2 phenotype
(see description below)


kap/Lks2 phenotype
(see description below)
 kap/lks2 phenotype
(see description below)

Description:
Awns of both central and lateral spikelets are reduced to about 3/5 of the long awned type. Texture of the short awn is finer and more flexible than that of the long awn, expecially in non-uzu genotypes. Awn length of heterozygotes in some crosses is shorter than in the normal parent.
Description courtesy of the Barley Genetics Stocks AceDB Database
Further information: An epistatic interaction exists between the Kap (hooded) and Lks2 loci. In plants that are homozygous for the recessive allele of lks2, the hooded phenotype is masked, resulting in a short-awned, non-hooded inforescence rather than the hooded phenotype.

Links:
Barley Genetics Stocks AceDB Database
GrainGenes Gene Record

References:
 J.D. Franckowiak, U. Lundqvist, and T. Konishi (1997) New and revised names for barley genes.  Barley Genetics Newsletter. Volume 26

Barley Genetic Stock Description: Stock number: BGS 10