Hi, Xenacrockett
Xenacrockett wrote - So if the match is AA x JKO, JKO as pollen donor and would have more say on plant characteristics while AA as the pod parent would have more say on flower appearance. That would allow for improved rust resistance. Or that's what I understand at this point.
I don't know that the pod parent has more influence on flower while the pollen parent has more influence on plant traits. Genetically speaking, the nuclear DNA is 50/50 from each parent and I would have to think that the influence from each parent would have most to do with whether any given trait is a recessive or dominant gene or a multigenic trait, etc, rather than specific influences from a pollen parent or pod parent. The only difference I can think of would be that the pod parent may give a little something extra due to contributing the physical material from which the new plant is formed, but I don't think it would then show that much specific control on the flower.
I suspect any rust resistance I may see in those AA x JKO seedlings is due to a dominant gene(s) contributed by JKO or there could have been a recessive gene(s) that both parent carried and contributed to the offspring.
Brian
