Re: Mosaic Viruses
In a message dated 11/29/1999 2:40:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,
res@colfax.com writes:
Roger:
Steve's plants were infected with mosaic very early, before the bloom cycle.
Because of this, I feel certain that his seeds are also infected. With so
many fine seeds available, there is no need to take chances that might cause
another grower anguish and disappointment.
Virus is in the genetic material of the seed, rendering it useless. I was not
concerned about viral spread from external contact.
Barb
<< Barb, In my plan I wasn't thinking of a virus kill as much as flush it off
so the seeds could be harvested in a reasonable virus free area. That
would only work if the virus was not in the seed but on the pumpkin skin.
You have to realize that those virus are already evrywhere but are
inactive. If Steve is going to contain access to the seeds and grow out
the next generation to look for transmission of the virus by the seeds I
see no problem. We might get the benefit of a resistant strain. Roger
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