Re: genetics data
In a message dated 8/28/99 8:04:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cneevoss@tcc.on.ca writes:
> Steve you posted on genetic data. I don't have answers just more
> questions. I know that the plant is all important and the seed it comes
> from. We all look at the stigma of the female flower to see how many
> segments it has. I think rocky said that he wondered if pollen farther down
> on the individual stigma affected pumpkin shape and size . I think this is
> a very valid idea. I wonder about the male flower. If you cut some male
> flowers and dissect them they vary as much as the females. Cut off the
> pollen ball count how many stamen the flower has . also look at the pollen
> ball it self with and with out the pollen on it. It looks like little
> pumpkin some are deformed they have little ribs . maybe like a pattern.
> maybe the female flower is the pattern for the inside of the pumpkin, how
> many seed pockets is determined. the ribs on the out side of the pumpkin
> don't start to form until pollination. I wonder if the number of stamen and
> the number of ridges on the pollen ball denotes the out side shape of the
> pumpkin number of ribs deformity and so on. I also noticed in superior
> plants less variation in the flowers. more five section females and males
> with more stamen. so I wonder if there is advantages to cross pollination
> of superior male and female flowers. and which flowers are superior in the
> male category. I wonder yes I wooooonder why y y y y y I
> don' t know why I wonder I just do Chris from Clinton ONT
>
Hmm, wow, this is a bit too complex for me! I was just thinking about the
male plant....does each flower's pollen have very different pollen from each
other on the same plant?!
I think the only one here who can even start to answer any of this is Harold
Eddleman!
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