Flavonoid genetics of the 28-chromosome “Siberian”Iris

✍ Scribed by K. C. Vaughn; T. A. Lyerla

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 173 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-5752
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00273771

✦ Synopsis

A Chromatographic survey of flavonoids in the various flower color mutants of the 28-chromosome "Siberian" Iris (series Sibiricae subseries Sibiricae) was conducted using mutants of known genotype (Vaughn 1974). Mutants at the C locus contain the malvidin glycoside ensatin, indicating that this gene locus may control methylation of delphinidin. Clear white, a mutation at the W locus, results in the production of flavones in excess.