GreenPack-DG resulted from cooperative research conducted by ARS and Western Seed Multiplication, Inc., Wadmalaw Island, S.C. In fact, Fery expects GreenPack-DG to replace the earlier southernpea as a favorite for processing into frozen pea products. The genes ensure that the peas won't lose some of their green color while growers are waiting for the pods to become dry enough to machine-harvest and to shell the peas from the pods.ĭouble-greenness gives GreenPack-DG a significant advantage over Charleston Greenpack, an earlier southernpea from Fery's laboratory that has only one greenness gene. The double-green feature is the work of genes called green cotyledon and green testa. Its "DG" initials stand for "double green." It is the only pink-eyed southernpea that has two genes for greenness, not just one. GreenPack-DG forms long, slightly curved pods that hold 12 plump, olive-green peas, each with a pink eye. Southernpeas appear in traditional southern cuisine in soups, salads, casseroles and fritters, a fried quick-bread. They are sometimes called cowpeas, black-eyed peas, field peas or crowders. Southernpeas technically are beans, not peas.
Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, S.C., where he also develops new and improved bell and habañero peppers.īoth southernpeas were offered to seed producers and researchers for the first time in 2006, after years of laboratory, greenhouse and field tests, Fery noted. WhipperSnapper will be featured in an article in the same journal later this year, according to Fery. Fery co-developed these superior southernpeas.įery described the research that led to the rich green color of GreenPack-DG in the June issue of HortScience. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research leader Richard L.
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Two new varieties of southernpeas-WhipperSnapper and GreenPack-DG-boast attractive colors, pleasing textures and flavors, plus nutrients like protein and folate, a B vitamin. New Southernpeas Developed by ARS, Cooperators Cutting-edge studies focus on broccoli, peas, watermelon.
The secret? Two greenness genes, or "double-greenness" (DG for short), a feature unique among today's commercial pink-eyed southernpeas. Later, plumped and blanched for sale as a frozen product (lower), this southernpea variety retains its appealing color. Photo shows GreenPack-DG southernpeas harvested when dry (upper portion), for storage.
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