Re: Mosaic Viruses
Roger:
Slow Down, You are not Harold
At 02:23 PM 11/29/1999 EST, you wrote:
>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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