Purple pigment
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Dominant sun light independent purple (Pl1) anthocyanin pigmen... cording to other genes (B1, R1 etc.) vs recessive sun dependent red pl1
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... yanin: Leaf sheath of two B1/b1, plants showing sun light requiring red anthocyanin pl1 pl1 on left and sun light independent purple Pl1 on right
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ll green emerging tissue, which will darken after sun exposure. Had the Pl1 allele been present the sh... </span>
Photo of B1, pl1/pl1 sun red plant. The outer husks were pulled back to ex... days with an opaque mask with the cutout letters "SUN", showing that the occurrence of red pigment due
e ear at tip where husks were removed permitting sun light response. Note; that the sun exposed pigmented kernels are also smaller and tidyer than the lar