Re: naming irises

 

Jamie just gave a great summation but I would add one thing about seed strains. They are not always line-breeding. It is my understanding that in Petunias for example outcrossing is used regularly to produce a consistent strain. The two parents may be very different and not closely related but in some cases their crossing produces about a 99% consistent result which by the way may be very different from either parent but constitutes the strain (cultivar).

From: "Chuck Chapman irischapman@aim.com [iris-species]" <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [iris-species] naming irises

 

It is the difference between a seed line and a perennial. A perennial
is a 'one off' situation. Seed-line are a family with genetic
traits that are very similar, but still individual variations between
plants.

Along those lines, F2 is technically a self cross, not a cross of
siblings.

Chuck Chapman


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Help me on a technical point. The lecturing professor's assertion is
certainly one of those huh? moments that always come up in a good
discussion of cultivar. I have to assume the man is exquisitely
correct. Registering a cultivar with the AIS appears to the encouraged
protocol for introducing one's iris to the community. If one wants the cultivar to remain genetically synonymous with a certain clone, how
might one go about this? For discussion's sake, how could it be done
strictly within the current protocol? If we need to discuss changes of
protocol, do that after exhausting the "no changes" options.








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