Re: Digest Number 1319
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Digest Number 1319
- From: r*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:09:01 EST
In a message dated 11/26/2000 12:53:39 AM Pacific Standard Time,
iris-talk@egroups.com writes:
> what about the yellows that have
> that center of violet on the falls, like Hagar's SATURNALIA? Is that plic
> gene letting the violet through or....
>
Please be aware that the plic gene, in the classical sense, affects sap
pigments, not caratinoids. The pattern of Saturnalia is a "ring pattern" in
which caratinoids are suppressed in the fall except on the very edges of the
petal. This allows the anthocyanin color to display in a rather dramatic way.
Typically the edge of the fall is the same color as the standards. This
serves to distinguish this pattern from the Emma Cook pattern which
suppresses sap pigments except on the edge of the fall.
There will be an article in the March 2001 issue of Tall Talk exploring this
pattern.
Thanks to Sharon for summarizing the pigments. A good tool for anyone
interested in hybridizing.
Fred Kerr
Sacramento
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