Re: :HYB:Pod Vs Pollen Parent
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk]:HYB:Pod Vs Pollen Parent
- From: a*@cs.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 00:04:58 EDT
In a message dated 10/20/2002 7:27:37 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
patsiris@msn.com writes:
> I haven't seen this mentioned yet, so I thought I'd throw it in. My
> friend, a commercial
> hybridizer, told me that when breeding for broken color flowers, the broken
> color iris must be the pod parent. Anyone care to comment?
I certainly have no reason to dispute this, but because I've obtained BC
seedlings when neither parent was BC I've treated the trait as essentially
recessive. It is quite possible that BC is also affected by maternal factors.
Food for thought....
Sharon McAllister
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