Re: HYB: Numbered Seedlings
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- Subject: Re: HYB: Numbered Seedlings
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 07:15:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Walter A. Moores" <wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu>
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Sharon McAllister wrote:
> From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
>
>
> > This kind of practice would never be allowed in breeding animals!
>
> Animals aren't as prolific as iris. Many are registered but never bred.
> If we were to register every iris seedling that is used for breeding we'd
> overwhelm the system.
>
>
> Many of us make crosses as part of the evaluation process, which means we
> must record our pedigrees using seedling numbers. So sometimes people do
> slip up and register the offspring using an ancestor's seedling number in
> the pedigree instead of its registered name.
>
>
>
> Other stories, anyone?
>
>
Having read that, I still don't think it precludes the hybridizer
from recording the parentage of that super, breeder seedling in the
pedigree when the iris is registered.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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