Re: Laemmle color
on 4/2/02 2:05 PM, The Eatons at eatrich@magma.ca wrote:
> Mike-I believe that is what Helmut Laemmle did,"fix the red gene",in New
> Jersey,in the 1980s.See the Laemmle interview in AGGC,he reports "a
> beautiful orange color".Is that the red gene?
>
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Al,
I think that you could be right. I am not sure as the 567.5mom would throw
some orange(B-gene) and some red orange so Iam not sure it was fixed yet.
Willemese seems to have the B gene nice orange fixed ......but its not
dominant
OR perhaps the red gene does not have dominance over the B gene. If we were
selecting for the red gene we would save the red orange seeds and use them
only . Hard to tell if the red orange dominate the color of the next
generation but I think theres a heavy influence. Throwing mostly nice
orange and red orange. Hek you look at prize winners and they all have the
red gene fixed. Its doable........
I think that squash breeder hit the nail on the head when she said we should
try and get the fruit to be green and then turn bright red orange at
maturity. Because thats what we have been trying to accomplish breeding in
squash for weight. And perhaps its there photosynsis skin that makes them
heavy. But we are learning an ended up with a lot of mixed colors. Giving
the gpc ruling a workout. I think the orange --B Gene ---has to be selected
out and the red/orange predomently used and selfed.
There are a bunch of great red orange pumpkins out there
Stucker 731.......David Bhaskaran has been doing some great red orange work.
Bob Troys is nice .......Eric Carlson........you all know the red/orange
they stand out. Get those seeds and self them on the side for Halloween
lets do that for a while and when some one thinks they got the red gene
fixed.................pass out the seeds to many to plant for Halloween and
see if the all end up red orange.........
Then if the green folks do the same for green ....it would be cool to cross
and see what happens.......
...MB
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