Re: Parentages
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- Subject: Re: Parentages
- From: R* R*
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:43:42 -0400
Al writes,
>This means pollenation could be--open----by mother nature
> cross---by hand-from plant of a different
>mother
> self----by hand-from same plant
> sib-----by hand-from different plant with
>same mother
>
>The only change would be as follows:
>
> This----700 Rivard 99--600 Rivard 98 x 600 Rivard 98(self)
>
> Or This-----------------------------------x 600 Rivard 98(sib)
>
>I'm not sure that the terms are all botanically correct but I think it is
>OK and would be an improvement and leaves little room for error.
>
>How does this explanation look to you?
Looks good, but I use the CucurByte program and cannot add (self) or
(sib).It can be added to "comments" in the pumpkin information screen, but
when looking at hierarchy trees, there would be no way of telling the
difference between sibbed or selfed without brining up the "pumpkin
information" screen. In picking the pollinator the options available are
"not specified", "open", "self" or the full name. What I suggest is when
writing parentage, 600 Rivard 98 x 600 Rivard 98 would automatically be
percieved as a sib whereas 600 Rivard 98 x self is obvious. This way there
would never be any doubt with sibbed or selfed.
As for "open", as we have seen a few times already, some growers use pollen
from two different plants. This is still classified (rightly) as an open
cross, but for informations sake, I put in all the names of the pollinators
in the "comments" portion of the information screen.
What do you think?
Till next time...
Rock jenaipas@netrover.com
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