re: disease & research


rodney - >I don't know if they support much research except through the 
>organizations.  It would seem to be helpful, but the large ones that 
>might could afford it already have an emperical sense for what works.  I 
>don't think it would change their way of doing things much.  You'd still 
>have to raise a lot of seedings

our discussions about disease resistance got me wondering just what it is
about certain cultivars that makes them more prone to rot in terms of their
physiology or microscopic structure.  after all, superficially they all look
more or less alike.  so maybe there's an opportunity for a pathologist to get
some funding.  

from what clarence says about 'tenderness', it sounds like there are two
components to the rot problem - one is injury from cold, which makes them
more susceptible to rot, and the other is just plain susceptibility to
bacterial and fungal rots - shucks, maybe it has nothing to do with the rot
organisms - maybe some varieities are more prone to root/rhizome injury from
soil living critters which then allows rot in..uh oh, my imagination is
getting carried away again.  

anybody else?

linda mann e tenn usa
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