Re: COMP: Online Databases
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: COMP: Online Databases
- From: i*@netscape.net
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:08:55 -0000
> The R&Is are being put online. The '89 is online now, the '79 is
almost
> ready. We will put up the '99 after it is ready to go to the
printer.
>
> The already printed ones have to be scanned and converted to text
then
> proofed against the book.
>
> For the time being access to the database is free. When the '99
> checklist is added to the '89 and '79 there will be a subscription
fee
> of $10.00 per year for full access to all the databases.
>
> There is a second database that consists of all the registered iris
> names from the beginning through and including the '99 R&I. This is
of
> great use in either searching for an iris name to find the
description
> (saves searching book by book to find an iris) or searching for a
new
> name to use for your about to be introduced seedling.
>
The online database is extreemly usefull. As I'm doing research on
plicatas, I did a search for "Vanity" and came up with all varieties
with Vanity as an ancester that had been registered in that time
period. I was then able to look at crosses with plicatas and found
lots of plicata offspring. Thus I could see that Vanity carries at
least two plicata genes (most likely glaciata genes) and may very well
be a glaciata. this is the sort of reasearch that can't be done with
the R & I books. Well worth the effort.
