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Princeton, Minnesota

I have two AG plants. Plant #1 has green females and grows like a monster. Plant #2 has yellow fruits and tends to grow with less vigor, and has had a female bloom and shrivel up. I imagine there are some very different genes being expressed with these two plants, coming from the same parents. Any thoughts are appreciated.

7/18/2007 1:44:48 PM

Nashville, TN

Simply put - Either both the parents for this seed were heterozygous for the B-gene (yellow vines, yellow ovaries - but both carrying a 'hidden' rec. Green) -OR- one parent was heterozygous for B-gene and the other parent was a Giant Squash.

I've got 7 plants from a cross between a 'Green Pear' female and a male from a 'Giant Orange Football' plant... It's about 50/50 split on some producing Giant Greenies and some producing 'Yellers'.... Means that the 'orange sire' was carrying a 'hidden' green gene...

Now the really interesting thing for me - is the SHAPES that these offspring plants are producing!

7/19/2007 8:29:26 PM