If we see a Mustard C3P0 pepper and we accept the claim that it is the original color then what we know about genetics will tell us that for that Mustard pepper to give red progeny it would have to be crossed with either a red fruit or an orange fruit.
The recessive gene cl resulting in the mustard color phenotype would also be easy to get rid of with a simple outcross.
This would make any Red C3P0 a hybrid and not simply a variation that naturally occurred.
Never mind that the red variant was named Darth Maul by the original hybridizer Michael Christensen. Until such a time as another hybridizer lays claim to this hybrid... I'm going with the original mustard being the one and only C3P0 as I can't see how you could get a red from a mustard without outcrossing. Nevermind, if there was and is still a red, it would be Darth Maul.
Isolation folks, it is not working if you are getting colors you should not be getting in you plants. Big red flags should go up if a new color pops up and the phenotype is unstable as well.
The recessive gene cl resulting in the mustard color phenotype would also be easy to get rid of with a simple outcross.
This would make any Red C3P0 a hybrid and not simply a variation that naturally occurred.
Never mind that the red variant was named Darth Maul by the original hybridizer Michael Christensen. Until such a time as another hybridizer lays claim to this hybrid... I'm going with the original mustard being the one and only C3P0 as I can't see how you could get a red from a mustard without outcrossing. Nevermind, if there was and is still a red, it would be Darth Maul.
Isolation folks, it is not working if you are getting colors you should not be getting in you plants. Big red flags should go up if a new color pops up and the phenotype is unstable as well.