Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 12, 2011 22:51:58 GMT -5
Here are photos of some of the corns in my sugary enhanced sweet corn breeding program. There are more still in the field, I expect to post more photos as the harvest comes in.
Each basket represents the offspring of one row of seeds. Equal length rows planted side-by-side on the same day.
Having never taken a life sciences class in my life this stuff makes my head spin... The cobs are from F1 plants, but the seeds are F2? So what do I call them when trying to write about them on the group?
[Cherry flavored flour corn X se+]. The ribbons are marking either cobs that were purple in the fresh eating stage, or that had purple silks. The green ribbon marks the one that was most cherry flavored.
[Earthtones Dent X se+].
[Mixed Indian corns X se+] One end of row was in a bad section (either due to soil, or sprinkler missing an area.)
[Purple sweet corn recessive kernels found in an Indian corn X se+] Purple cobs found in fresh eating stage marked with ribbons. Some of the smaller cobs may have also been purple but were not marked.
Dehybridizing homozygous sugary enhanced sweet corn... Included in the patch to provide more se genes. Some of the kernels were pollinated by pollen from flour, flint, or dent corns. (The non yellow/white kernels, and the non-wrinkled kernels.) Poor germination. Lacked vigor. Some presumably se+ kernels were marked with a sharpie just after the cobs started drying on the stalk after husking.
[Blue Hopi X se+] About 10 days longer days to maturity than the above.
[Blue Pink X se+] About two weeks longer days to maturity than the above.
The following are other corns grown in another field in different length rows planted on different dates so productivity can't be compared to the above.
[Astronomy Domine X se+] Selected for color at the fresh eating stage. Plus two cobs that got missed during harvest which seemed good enough to save for seed.
Cold/Frost tolerant corn. Just beginning to harvest this. More photos to follow. There are sweet corns, and flour corns, and flint corns. They were grown in a single row, and have radically different days-to-maturity, so some of them may have been more or less self pollinated.
[Ashworth X se+] Very early and great tasting.
Each basket represents the offspring of one row of seeds. Equal length rows planted side-by-side on the same day.
Having never taken a life sciences class in my life this stuff makes my head spin... The cobs are from F1 plants, but the seeds are F2? So what do I call them when trying to write about them on the group?
[Cherry flavored flour corn X se+]. The ribbons are marking either cobs that were purple in the fresh eating stage, or that had purple silks. The green ribbon marks the one that was most cherry flavored.
[Earthtones Dent X se+].
[Mixed Indian corns X se+] One end of row was in a bad section (either due to soil, or sprinkler missing an area.)
[Purple sweet corn recessive kernels found in an Indian corn X se+] Purple cobs found in fresh eating stage marked with ribbons. Some of the smaller cobs may have also been purple but were not marked.
Dehybridizing homozygous sugary enhanced sweet corn... Included in the patch to provide more se genes. Some of the kernels were pollinated by pollen from flour, flint, or dent corns. (The non yellow/white kernels, and the non-wrinkled kernels.) Poor germination. Lacked vigor. Some presumably se+ kernels were marked with a sharpie just after the cobs started drying on the stalk after husking.
[Blue Hopi X se+] About 10 days longer days to maturity than the above.
[Blue Pink X se+] About two weeks longer days to maturity than the above.
The following are other corns grown in another field in different length rows planted on different dates so productivity can't be compared to the above.
[Astronomy Domine X se+] Selected for color at the fresh eating stage. Plus two cobs that got missed during harvest which seemed good enough to save for seed.
Cold/Frost tolerant corn. Just beginning to harvest this. More photos to follow. There are sweet corns, and flour corns, and flint corns. They were grown in a single row, and have radically different days-to-maturity, so some of them may have been more or less self pollinated.
[Ashworth X se+] Very early and great tasting.
