Re: Pumpkin Genetics
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Pumpkin Genetics
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:52:41 -0800
>I think we are doing this genetics thing all wrong.
>
>1- female plant gets pollinated by an male flower from another plant.
>
>2- the genetics of the female pumpkin is clear that it came from last years
>pumpkin, for which we know how big it was and whether it weighed heavy or
>light compared to the chart.
>
>3- for some reason we give the seed a male father which is really its
>grandfather. Does this sound correct to you?
>
>4- the real father's characteristics are those of the pumpkins grown on the
>father plant this year.
>
>Should we not be reporting the true characteristics of the father plant
>i.e. weight, heaviness etc. in the quest for better seed stock.
>
>seed- from pumpkin parents (who have yielded certain characteristics)-from
>pumpkin grandparents (who have yielded certain characteristics)- should be
>the way it's done?
>Shouldn't it be?
>
>Bob
>
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Bob,
Heres my understanding
You are correct in what you say and I think it depends how you read the
family trees...............thats why they are extended
1 Genes come in pairs
2. at the time of pollination the pairs drop a gene to make ready for the
new union from other.
3. Now when you plant a seed you are actually planting all four of the
grandparents with 1/4 characteristics from each one
Last year I came to the same conclusion as i think you are stating
here.............i tried to find seed that was crossed with two sucessful
parents that year in the same patch.............for example the Larue 812
....the were two pumpkins on this plant the 812 and the 916 .......now the
812 was crossed with another sucessful plant in the patch the 563geerts
which produced the 868larue.........so both plants and pumpkins were
great...the characteristics were seen.......so what happened.....the plant
didn't do well??....but i still think this is a good approach to
use...............brock
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