Table 1.
Phenotypic Characterization of Double Mutants between tt12 and Other Pigmentation Mutants
| Single Mutant
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Double Mutant
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| Locus | Seed Body | Chalaza | Vanillina | Loci | Seed Body | Chalaza | Vanillina |
| tt1-1 | Golden yellow | Brown | −/+ | tt1-1 tt12-1 | Dull tt1-1 | Pale gray | −/− |
| tt2-1 | Golden yellow | None | −/− | tt2-1 tt12-1 | tt12-2 | None | −/− |
| tt3-1 | Grayish yellow | Pale gray | −/− | tt3-1 tt12-1 | Dull tt3-1 | Gray | −/− |
| tt4-1 | Pale yellow | None | −/− | tt4-1 tt12-1 | tt4-1 | None | −/− |
| tt5-1 | Lemon yellow | Pale gray | −/− | tt5-1 tt12-1 | tt5-1 | None | −/− |
| tt6-1b | Very pale brown | Pale brown | −/− | tt6-1 tt12-1 | tt6-1 | Brown | −/− |
| tt7-1b | Very pale brown | Pale brown | −/− | tt7-1 tt12-1 | Yellow | Gray | −/− |
| tt8-1 | Lemon yellow | None | −/− | tt8-1 tt12-1 | tt8-1 | None | −/− |
| tt9-1 | Grayish beige | Blackc | −/+ | tt9-1 tt12-1 | tt12-1 | Dark brown | −/− |
| tt10-1d | Pale brown | Brownc | +/+ | tt10-1 tt12-1e | tt12-1 | Pale brown | −/− |
| tt11-2 | Pale brown | Pale brown | −/− | tt11-2 tt12-1 | tt11-1 | Pale brown | −/− |
| tt13-1 | Pale brown | Dark brown | −/+ | tt13-1 tt12-1 | tt12-1 | Dark brown | −/− |
| tt14-1d | Pale brown | Dark brown | +/+ | tt14-1 tt12-1e | tt12-1 | Dark brown | −/− |
| tt15-1 | Grayish pale brown | Blackc | −/+ | tt15-1 tt12-1 | Pale brown | Dark brown | −/− |
| ttg1-1 | Lemon yellow | None | −/− | ttg1-1 tt12-1 | Dull ttg1-1 | None | −/− |
| ban-2 | Grayish green | Blackc | −/+ | ban-2 tt12-1c | Pale ban | Dark brown | −/− |
| Ws-1 | Brown | Dark brown | +/+ | ||||
| tt12-1 | Dull pale brown | Pale brown | −/− | ||||
Proanthocyanidin detection with vanillin treatment: seed body (whole seed except chalazal area)/chalazal area; +, presence of red pigments; −, absence of red pigments.
Mature tt7 seeds and to a lesser extent tt6 seeds are slightly spotted.
The dark pigmentation of the chalazal area is more extended than with the other genotypes, and seeds appear spotted around this area for tt9, ban, tt15, and ban tt12.
The mutants are pale brown at harvest and darken during after-ripening until they are nearly identical to wild-type Ws-1 seeds.
Both tt10 tt12 and tt14 tt12 darken very little with time, like tt12 but unlike tt10 and tt14.