HYB: recessive colors and plant health
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  • Subject: HYB: recessive colors and plant health
  • From: L* M* <l*@lock-net.com>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:55:05 -0500
It's rare to find introductions of recessive color patterns that will survive in our climate. Usually. I think.
So is that just because most of the new recessive color breaks are selected in climates so different from ours, or is there some additional inherent weakness in plants carrying recessive color genes, or (my guess) the accumulation of recessives is so rare in any one seedling, that the probability of it also hitting the lottery and having really good strength/health in stressful climates is low.
Are seedlings that are fully recessive for some color pattern more likely to have those 'weak' genes all in the same package? Strong X weak here (I always use strong for pod) seems to produce a lot of weak seedlings, brings out the worst genes for pooe health in the strong parent.
I'm just wondering how that skews ratios for recessive color patterns, assuming the ones with a lot of recessives are among the weaker of the weak. 

Linda Mann

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