Re: Queensland Blue
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 11:42:38PM +1000, Stewart Deans wrote:
> Does anyone know if an AG will cross with a QB?
> I have had a report of a cross
Is a Queensland Blue anything like the Norwegian Blue? :)
Yes, Atlantic Giant will cross with Queensland Blue, since both are
Curcurbita maxima. (For those interested in a picture of a
Queensland Blue, see
http://www.tv.cbc.ca/canadiangardener/MoreDirt/2-1010998oct1098.htm
To tie in a second thread, while I was searching for Queensland Blue on
the Google web search engine, I came across a gene list for Curcurbita
species. I thought Harold and the other budding geneticists on the list
might find it highly interesting. It is at
http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/cgc/squash.htm
It mentions that the following genes (among others) exist for C. Maxima:
"bl" for blue fruit color that is incompletely recessive to green.
"Rd" for Red skin. Red external fruit color; dominant to green, white,
yellow, and gray.
I didn't see anything about seed color, for those who were discussing that.
It is an interesting list.
Regards,
Shaun
--
Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies.. that which to
us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life itself. -T. Casey Brennan
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