Pea gene 'dp' dark pod

[Galina]

Just looking at linkage groups and found 'dp' in linkage group III

Silverleaf, you are growing Absolute Zero W6 15097 with this gene.

The JIC site says:

Description

Bluish-green pods and immature seeds. Darkening gp colour. Further pleiotrophic effects have been observed involving flower and seed colour. Note; dark green testa colour is inherited as a maternal character.

http://data.jic.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pgene/...9&showsearch=N


What do they mean by immature seeds. Will it be difficult to propagate from seeds produced by Absolute Zero pea? Or is this actually a feature? Like mangetouts with dp that have slower seed developments and stay usable longer on the plant for example?

Wonder what your experience is with this type of pea.

[Silverleaf]

They mean that the pods and immature seeds are bluish-green. I think the mature seeds are a standard dull green, but I'll go and check my seed stash.

[Silverleaf]

Okay, so Absolute Zero's mature seeds are quite dark and on the bluish side. They also have some slight purple speckling but that's due to a different gene at work. The seeds developed normally, no late maturity or anything.

[Galina]

They certainly look fully mature and what a delightful blue-ish colour. Just goes to show that the site is confusing me even when the English is quite straightforward Thankyou for clarification.

[Silverleaf]

I think that sentence was easy to parse incorrectly. I read "bluish-green [pods and immature seeds]" while you read "[bluish-green pods] and immature seeds". "Pods and immature seeds bluish-green" would have been much clearer.