Plant BiologybioRxiv
BREAKING THE TIGHT GENETIC LINKAGE BETWEEN THE a1 AND sh2 GENES LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTHOCYANIN-RICH PURPLE-PERICARP SUPER-SWEETCORN
A. Anirban, A. Hayward, H. T. Hong…·T. J. O'Hare
This paper reports the development of purple-pericarp super-sweetcorn by breaking the tight genetic linkage between a1 and sh2 genes, resulting in a plant with anthocyanin-rich purple pericarp and high sugar content.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-28083-4