POTATO.CRAZY.BAMBERG.2006

 
Evaluation location: Wisconsin, United States
We discovered a mutant in wild potato species that produces abnormal flowers. Instead of the usual bud leaves (sepals), petals, male and female organs, these mutant "flowers" have only repeating whorls of sepals, thus the name, "crazy sepal." This could be a useful tool for studying flower development and other practical features of reproduction and physiology.
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  • Bamberg, J. B. 2006. Crazy Sepal: a new floral Sepallata-like mutant in the wild potato Solanum microdontum Bitter. Amer. J. Potato Res. 83:433-435.