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Originally Posted by Hippie3  not to rain on a parade
far from it
but
i wonder if what you are attempting
is possible via the method you're using.
an all-white cubie is not necessarily an albino,
albinism is a genetic defect which may limit
your ability to get albinism AND good spore production.
but there are several strains that give that
suntop pattern we see in the pix above,
perhaps breeding for paler substrains
would be more productive
in getting where you want to go,
a strong vigorous all-white cubie.
non-albino.
maybe treasure coast could be crossed in,
i've seen many nearly white TCs over the years. |
hehe..I wonder too. Most of the evidence I've seen to this point with all old and new PF Albinos indicates that with albinism comes a lack of spore maturity. The spores are there, they just don't drop.
The pure white specimens of the Falbino seem to have improved maybe just slightly. There may be some hope of an improved version using cloning and selective breeding but it could take years. Unfortunately an excelerated breeding program is out of the question when the trait one seeks is sporulation.
What gives me hope with this route is the wide range of spore colors that Falbino drops. The more normal fruits dropping darker spores while the lighter ones drop a more lavenderish color. So far the backcross has produced only the lavenderish spores. The amount of spores seems undiminished in realtionship to it's darker depositing counterpart. That's good news..of course gauging with the naked eye could leave a margin of error of +/- a few million spores.
I'm curious just how far it can be pushed into the white before trouble with sporulation will occur. I can see Falbino evolving to a more white bodied purplish spore producer much like those TC's Hip. Maybe not a perfect white but closer.
I've even considered using spores from a white TC for a cross attempt but that trait doesn't duplicate from cloning. It carries but I was never able to obtain a flush of them. Besides,
I'd need some TC's again and then there's that wait for the white ones to come along.....and I'm impatient
Besides, I'm way ahead of ya! The next mono-cross experiment is actually already underway. Hell, it's prolly ready to upload to syringes now..hehe I just gotta get away from this keyboard! This time it's being done using spores taken from a white Malaysian. It's not as common as the white TC but it does occur.