Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hybridizing - Knowing the Parents Genetic Background, 1 by davidwv

davidwv wrote:
When I am considering making a cross I like to know as much as I can about the genetic background of the parents as I can reasonably find out about them. For example, how many; suaveolens, aurea, versicolor and x. candida genes are in the parents background. This way I have some idea of what may be expressed in the seedlings when it comes to; flower size & shape, possible colors and growth habit.

Here is a screen capture of a spread sheet that I made using Mango Crush and L'Amour. I do have a seedling from this cross that holds some promise of being registered and released. It is being trialed in several zones this year to determine its fate.

I am sorry about the small print of the pic, but when I try to copy and paste it straight to the post it loses its formatting and you can't make any sense out of it. If I can get a better one I will post it.

This message was edited Feb 7, 2007 7:42 PM