Re: OT-BIO Andrew Wheeler + questions
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- Subject: Re: OT-BIO Andrew Wheeler + questions
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 18:26:10 -0700 (MST)
Andrew Wheeler wrote:
>
> I have an upcoming semester project in an economic botany class
> and I thought it might be appropriate to do conduct a study involving
> irises. One of my ideas was to attempt to convert Enfant Prodige (HUBER
> 93? 94?) to tetraploid in hopes of establishing fertility by treating the
> meristem with either colchicine or oryzalin.
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Welcome to the list Andy. I am sure you will enjoy it. FYI there was an
article in the July 1997 AIS Bulletin, pg 57 titled "Colchicine and the
Iris" by Sam Norris that might be of value to you. As well, going to the
Iris-L archives at:
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/iris-l/
And selecting Search the Archives at the bottom of the page and
searching on Colchicine will yield 21 messages that will lead you to
some of the discussions we had earlier.
Good luck with your project, I am sure we all would like to hear the
results.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
