Re: HYB: inducing polyploidy
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: inducing polyploidy
- From: M* W*
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:14:07 +0200 (MEST)
Do you have some more infos about working with Oryzalin?
> Martin Weber asks about doubling chromosomes on *mellita/suaveolens*
> via Colchicine.
>
> Colchicine is not the only treatment possible for chromosome doubling.
>
> Kevin Vaughn has published a protocol for the use of Oryzalin
> (available as Surflan and other herbicides) with daylilies. The
> method appears also to work with some irises at the same dilutions,
> same method. I understand the compound is MUCH safer to work with
> than colchicine.
>
> I would certainly welcome any information about who might already be
> doing this work with n=12 beardeds, or would be interested in doing
> so. Tetraploid materials of some of the more recently circulated
> bearded species and hybrids--such as of timofejewii--would be quite
> useful, I believe.
>
> Neil Mogensen z 6b/7a near Asheville, NC
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