Pumpkin Genes
This is a good question that I have often wondered
about. If a pumpkin has four lobes and four overies,
one would assume that each lobe is pollinated
independantly and the gene mix of the seeds from each
overy is different.
However in corn and some other veggies each seed is
pollinated individually. Does this occur in a pumpkin?
Is each seed in a pumpkin pollinated individually or
do all the seeds in each overy have the same gene mix?
The fact that a few seeds are usually empty in each
overy suggests to me that there is a possibility that,
like corn, each seed must be individually pollinated
to fill out. But I am only guessing.
Anybody know?
vince
4th year
best 789, 2000
zone 9, the pumpkin zone
--- jordan gregory <jordangregory@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Now I am not sure about this, but I think that all
> the seeds from one
> pumpkin do not have the same genes. I assume since
> there are many lobes and
> we use much pollen that if there is a 4 lober, there
> could be 4 differnt
> mixes of the genes that segregated independently?
> What do you all think?
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