Production of hybrid sweet corn
US3971161A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 1995 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01H1/022
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The sugar content of sweet corn can be increased without seriously reducing the water soluble polysaccharide (WSP) by using the shrunken.sub.2 (sh.sub.2) gene. Combining a sweet corn which is a homozygous sugary.sub.1 (su.sub.1) inbred with a sweet corn (homozygous su.sub.1 sh.sub.2) inbred will result in heterozygous hybrid that has approximately 50% more sucrose, 33% more total sugars and a WSP (water soluble polysaccharide) level near that of sweet corn) homozygous su.sub.1). The high WSP and sucrose levels are particularly desirable in food processing industries such as the canning and freezing industries.
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