Re: MDBs continued (and an MTB question to boot.)
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: MDBs continued (and an MTB question to boot.)
- From: M* T* <t*@flash.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 12:42:10 -0600 (MDT)
Ryan S. Carter wrote:
> Irisers,
> As a follow-up to my question about reblooming MDBs, (this may
> seem
> like a stupid question to ask but...) what other developments are
> there to
> be made in that field (i.e. color, form, hardiness,
> diploid-to-tetraploid,
> etc.). By the way, thatnks for answering my previous question.
>
Ryan, first of all, there are no stupid questions, except for maybe
asking someone if "it's hot enough for them" when it is 117 degrees
outside. That said, I would also like to let you know that some of the
questions I've asked have come closer to being "stupid" than this
question.
I am also interested in the "problems" that Mike Lowe mentioned when he
talked about MTB's dipoid to tetraploid hybridizing. I would like to
try crossing Sindjka to modern irises, and hopefully get a modern
version. Aside from the time it takes to include those genes in a line
of fertile tets, what are the other problems???
Rusty
