CULT: Borer Resistant Irises
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- Subject: CULT: Borer Resistant Irises
- From: h*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:08:12 EDT
Fred Kerr asked:
<<For my own information, are some iris varieties more resistant to borers
than others? >>
Apparently so.
In an article in the April 2000 issue of the AIS Bulletin Dr. Spoon of
Northern Virginia discusses this issue, among others. See page 95.
There appears to be a range of borer resistance among bearded irises with
lower resistence being shown in introductions from borer-free regions or
gardens where the hybridizer chemically eliminates all borers. Borer
resistence, or the lack of it, also appears to be transmitted genetically to
offspring.
Anner, also in Virginia
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