Altered pigment deposition in Tagetes patula
AssigneeBall Horticultural Company
InventorsBlair L. Winner, Jayaraj Alappat
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Abstract
The invention provides Tagetes patula ray florets comprising cyanidin-3-rutinoside, cyanidin-3-glucoside, petunidin-3-glucoside, and cyanidin in the lower epidermal layers. The invention also provides Tagetes plants comprising a mutant prdr1-1 allele and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by crossing Tagetes plants comprising a mutant prdr1-1 allele. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
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A Tagetes patula ray floret comprising cyanidin-3-rutinoside, cyanidin-3-glucoside, petunidin-3-glucoside, and cyanidin in the lower epidermal layers of the ray floret, wherein the ray floret comprises a prdr1-1 allele that confers petunidin-3-glucoside in the lower epidermal layers of the ray floret, and wherein a representative deposit of seed comprising the prdr1-1 allele has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121614.
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