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Post by ottawagardener on May 28, 2013 22:17:57 GMT -5
I noticed some of my garden variety shellers had toothed margins. Was wondering if anyone had comments on this variation.  |
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Post by steev on May 28, 2013 23:08:37 GMT -5
Those are individual plants, not parts of plants?
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Post by blueadzuki on May 29, 2013 4:58:03 GMT -5
I think I seen that before. I'm fairly sure it's an older trait, a throw back to the wild ancestors (I think a lot of Pisum elatius have it). Sort of similar to having a black hilum.
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Post by ottawagardener on May 29, 2013 15:43:10 GMT -5
Yes some plants but only a small percentage.
Thanks blueadzuki
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Post by hortusbrambonii on May 29, 2013 16:11:58 GMT -5
It looks quite cool. Does it affect the taste?
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Post by blueadzuki on May 29, 2013 16:48:51 GMT -5
Yes and no. In and of itself it probably wouldn't, any more that the pea having red versus white flowers would (you aren't eating the flowers presumably, so if that's the only difference, from a culinary point of view it's irrelevant). However one old gene could mean others are there, and if some of those affect things like the amount of various compounds in the seed itself, that could affect the tase. Without knowing where the gene that makes this is versus the others (i.e. whether it is so close it usually crosses with it, or so far away/on a different cromasome that the two are utterly unlinked) there's no real way to answer.
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Post by galina on Jun 19, 2013 10:32:50 GMT -5
Pea leaf weevil?
They chew toothed notches along the side of pea leaves.
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Post by blueadzuki on Jun 19, 2013 15:00:25 GMT -5
too regular
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Post by robertb on Jun 20, 2013 7:44:33 GMT -5
I've seen toothed leaves,though not as marked as that.
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