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Re: Local Ecotypes

why not go back further than european, cuz almost certainly paleo-indians who
had a vast trade network in the upper midwest as early as 3000 BC were moving
seeds & plants around & over a few thousand years don't you think they would
contributed a major impact as to the way genetic stock migrated. isnt the notion
of being able to certify seed as local rather arbitrary?





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"J. A. Raasch" wrote:

> 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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