I thought I'd start adding in details of some of the germplasm I obtained earlier this year, listing the genes I'm interested in from each one and my plans for breeding. Also, pretty flower pictures!
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs...lay.pl?1070145
Absolute Zero was the second pea in my "breeding area" to flower, just after Sugar Ann, so definitely early. It's a compact little plant, very short - the webpage claims 69cm, but my plants (admittedly in rather dry conditions in large pots) didn't get anywhere near that. It has at least one dwarf gene.
Flowers are a strange muted muddy purple, with young flowers burgundy and old ones becoming more blue.
I sowed 4 seeds, and got 3 plants. I collected 11 pods, and 49 seeds (there were a few more pods formed later, but I decided I had enough). Seeds are green, and some have tiny purple speckles.





Apart from the interesting flower colour, I chose this accession because it has dp - darker bluish-green pods. It's subtle, but they are a different shade than standard green pods. And dp combined with gp - yellow pods - makes dark yellow pods.
I've made the cross Golden Sweet x Absolute Zero, to try for dark yellow pods.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs...lay.pl?1070145
Absolute Zero was the second pea in my "breeding area" to flower, just after Sugar Ann, so definitely early. It's a compact little plant, very short - the webpage claims 69cm, but my plants (admittedly in rather dry conditions in large pots) didn't get anywhere near that. It has at least one dwarf gene.
Flowers are a strange muted muddy purple, with young flowers burgundy and old ones becoming more blue.
I sowed 4 seeds, and got 3 plants. I collected 11 pods, and 49 seeds (there were a few more pods formed later, but I decided I had enough). Seeds are green, and some have tiny purple speckles.





Apart from the interesting flower colour, I chose this accession because it has dp - darker bluish-green pods. It's subtle, but they are a different shade than standard green pods. And dp combined with gp - yellow pods - makes dark yellow pods.
I've made the cross Golden Sweet x Absolute Zero, to try for dark yellow pods.
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