monocot seedlings without chlorophyll
Judy Glattstein via pbs (Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:49:17 PST)
I remember a high school experiment with corn - "albino" seedling grew
well up until the cotyledon food supply was used up. A recessive, at
least in corn. If your agapanthus was self-pollinated that might explain
the percentage.
Judy in New Jersey with 7 inches of snow on the ground, more coming
down, and small birds - lots of juncos, also goldfinches and sparrows -
frantically at the feeders
On 2/1/2021 8:32 AM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs wrote:
I am curious to know how typical it is for seedlings in monocot groups to have no chlorophyll.
This fall I noticed a tall Agapanthus in my garden had a few seeds on the stalk, so I gathered those that were left and sprouted them on a window sill, along with seeds from a Watsonia. So far, 14 of the 16 Agapanthus have chlorophyll, 2 do not, 12.5 percent.
The Watsonia pot has 12 seedlings, 11 have chlorophyll, 8.3 percent.
12.5 percent seems high for a known fatal condition among photosynthetic species.
How common is this condition?
Kathleen
Zone 8, PNW coast, with strafing rain
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