Orange-curd High Carotene Cauliflower Inbreds, NY 156, NY 163, and NY 165

Abstract

The orange curd mutant in cauliflower ( Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis ) Snowball’ (1). Orange curd was controlled by a single dominant gene, or , but the intensity of orange color varied in homozygous ( OrOr ) and heterzygous ( Oror ) plants, due to modifying genes. Curd of OrOr plants were generally more intense colored than curds of Oror plants. The OrOr plants are stunted, and produce small curds, ≈30 to 40 mm or less in diameter, compared to Oror or oror curd plants, which have curds 150 to 200 mm in diameter.