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GrainGenes Gene Class Report: Purple grain/pericarp

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Gene Class
Purple grain/pericarp
Reference
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ReferenceZeven AC (1991) Wheats with purple and blue grains: a review. Euphytica 56:243-258.
ReferenceGilchrist JA and Sorrells ME (1983) Inheritance of kernel colour in 'Charcoal' wheat. Journal of Heredity 73:457-460.
ReferencePiech J and Evans LE (1979) Monosomic analysis of purple grain colour in hexaploid wheat. Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenzuchtung 82:212-217.
ReferenceBolton FE (1968) Inheritance of blue aleurone and purple pericarp in hexaploid wheat Dissertation Abstracts 29:844.
ReferenceMcIntosh RA and Baker EP (1967) Inheritance of purple pericarp in wheat. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales 92:204-208.
ReferenceCopp LGL (1965) Purple grain in hexaploid wheat. Wheat Information Service 18:19-20.
ReferenceSharman BC (1958) Purple pericarp: a monofactorial dominant gene in tetraploid wheats. Nature 181:929.
ReferenceCRC-40-210.
ReferenceEUP-203-469.
See Also
Purple pericarp
Anthocyanin pigmentation
Gene
Pp1 (Triticum)
Pp2 (Triticum)
Pp3 (Triticum)
pp1pp3 (Triticum)
Allele
Pp3a (Triticum)
Pp3b (Triticum)
Locus
Pp1
Pp3a
Pp3b
Pp3
Comment
Genes for purple pericarp were transferred from tetraploid to hexaploid wheat (Bolton FE (1968); Copp LGL (1965); McIntosh RA & Baker EP (1967); Piech J & Evans LE (1979). See geneclass in the Wheat Gene Catalog for full description and references.

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