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FROM earlier work it was concluded that the principal factor concerned in promoting blueness in anthocyanin-pigmented flowers of Lathyrus species was the presence of flavonol co-pigments1,2. It was of interest to extend the observations into the related genus Vicia to determine whether a similar conclusion might be reached. In the latter genus the range of flower colour is similar to that found in Lathyrus. Species were selected for investigation which gave some representation of the colour range. Hydrolysed extracts of standard and wing petals were prepared and then examined by filter paper chromatography as described earlier1.
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PECKET, R. Nature of the Variation in Flower Colour in Vicia. Nature 213, 1240–1241 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131240b0
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