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Local Ecotypes

I'd like to point out that you might have to dig fairly deep into the
history of  a seed provider to determine whether the seed is actually
local. I recently learned that one Wisconsin provider advertises local
ecotype, but started with stock from the UW Madison Arboretum; the
Arboretum, in turn, apparently contains plants started from seed from a
variety of sources well beyond Wisconsin (it was difficult to acquire seed
for the earliest restoration efforts). Is anyone actually certifying seed
as local (from gene pools not contaminated since European settlement)  and
what are they using for evidence?


J. A. Raasch
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Plant Biotechnology Laboratory
UWBC 425 Henry Mall
Madison, WI   53706

Phone: 608-265-4485
E-mail: jaraasch@facstaff.wisc.edu
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