A mutation affecting curd colour in cauliflower (Brassica oleraceaL. var.BotrytisDC)

✍ Scribed by P. Crisp; D. G. A. Walkey; Elaine Bellman; Elaine Roberts

• Book ID: 104641513
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 189 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-2336
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00147182

✦ Synopsis

A single gene mutation in cauliflower resulted in the production of an orange coloured curd when heterozygous, and a stunted orange curd when homozygous.

The orange heterozygote has commercial potential.