Genetics Make Sweet Corn Sweeter
KALAMAZOO, Mich. Con
sumers are becomiugjjnore-picky
about their produce.
Sweeter, higher quality fruits
and vegetables are high on con
sumers’ want lists, especially
when they add versatility and vari
ety to a healthy diet, says Leo
Zanoni, Produce Merchandising
Specialist for Asgrow Seed
Company.
In answer to this growing con
sumer concern. Asgrow has deve
loped enhanced sweet corns, col
lectively known as elevated sugar
sweet corns.
“The difference between the
standard com and the elevated
sweet corns is in the genetic
makeup,” says Stephen Marshall,
Asgrow Sweet Corn Plant
Breeder.
“A grower also has more time
with an elevated sugar hybrid at
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harvest,” Marshall says. “Fewer
fields arc passed by because of
over maturity.”
The shrunkcn-2 (sh-2) and/or
sugary-enhancer (se) genes control
the sweetness in elevated sugar
sweet com. Although both the sc
and sh-2 corns are high m sugar,
definite differences exist.
Shrunken-2
triples sucrose
Shrunkcn-2 com has triple the
amount of sucrose found in stan
dard com and double the amount
of total sugar, according to
Marshall.
He says the key factor is that
standard corns rapidly convert
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