Purple-pericarp sweetcorn accessions, derived from crossing purple-pericarp maize with white shrunken2 sweetcorn, were assessed for differences in anthocyanin profile at both sweetcorn eating stage and at full kernel maturity. The ‘Tim1’...
Purple sweetcorn has been conceptualized as an innovative premium horticultural product that may provide consumers with the potential health benefit of anthocyanins. Gathering consumer insights is crucial to inform the breeding program to obtain a pu...
Purple-pericarp supersweet sweetcorn currently does not exist as a horticultural product. Purple pericarp comprises the outer layers of the kernel, with the purple pigment being produced by anthocyanin. Unlike the aleurone layer which can also be pig...
Reddish-purple sweetcorn has recently been developed by our laboratory through the inclusion of an active anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway in white sweetcorn. Anthocyanin is not only responsible for the reddish-purple colour of the kernels, but has...