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Post by raymondo on Nov 2, 2010 23:33:52 GMT -5
Phaseouls vulgaris that is. Anyone attempted it? I'm guessing it's rather similar to peas, except for the curly style.
I'm keen to try it. I'd like a purple podded bean that stays tender longer so I thought Purple King crossed with Dragon's Tongue might be interesting. I don't have a delicate touch so the curly style might cause some grief. I'd use Dragon's Tongue as mother so I should sow lots!
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Post by galina on Nov 10, 2010 5:33:42 GMT -5
Yes this is how Carol Deppe describes it. Maybe you will lose a number of flowers before you get the hang of it. But you only have to do the cross once, or perhaps a couple of times to be sure.
If you use the recessive colour as the mother and the dominant colour as the father = pollen parent (I don't know which is dominant in your case), then you will know from F1 grow-out, the year after the cross, whether the cross was successfully achieved. If you see the recessive colour it means that the cross has failed, if you see the dominant colour the cross was good and you can take it from there.
Good luck with the project.
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Post by lmonty on Jan 19, 2011 13:40:04 GMT -5
how do you know which color/trait is dominant? is that consistent with all the vulgaris only, or throughout the whole world of legumes?
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Post by raymondo on Jan 22, 2011 14:29:19 GMT -5
You could wade your way through the bean gene database found at BeanGenes. |
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Post by lmonty on Jan 26, 2011 13:00:35 GMT -5
wow, Ray, that was amazing!
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