Re: Cloning top lines.
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- Subject: Re: Cloning top lines.
- From: G* N*
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:41:46 -0400
I doubt that you would ever get a cutting from a AG to root anyway.
I believe it is because of the high moisture content of the plant.
Glenn
-----Original Message-----
From: SteveS012@aol.com <SteveS012@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: Cloning top lines.
>In a message dated 6/10/99 1:38:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>indbio@disknet.com writes:
>
>> More practical would be to clone the orginal plant. If you grow an
>> outstanding fruit this year, why not attempt to keep a cutting over
>> winter by rooting it in a pot?
>
>I am glad someone finally is taking this seriously! The only problem wiht
>cuttings is that it wouldn't be a true full clone, since it would just be a
>vine of the actualy plant, even though it can survive independanlty. A full
>cloning of the embryo would be the ideal way to run some REAL experiments.
>Like I said, in one season we could learn more about the AG genetics than
we
>could in 10-20 years any other way.
>
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