From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!overload.lbl.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!cronkite.nersc.gov!fastrac.llnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!pnl-oracle!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news From: bishopj@botany.washington.edu Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Lawn weeds Date: 2 Jun 1994 02:03:04 GMT Organization: University of Washington Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2sjeko$p9c@news.u.washington.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lupine.botany.washington.edu In article Jack Sanders writes: > Mark Bjorlie writes: > > >I agree with the first reply, violets are hardly a lawn WEED; be grateful that > >you do not have the weeds that I do such as the dreadedDandelion, Spotted > >knapweed and other nasty stuff. > Well, this discussion goes to show that weed is a management term, meaning a plant that interferes with your management objectives. Clearly you two have different objectives than did the people in the suburbs where I grew up :)- -- John Bishop Department of Botany University of Washington, Seattle bishopj@botany.washington.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl2.crl.com!not-for-mail From: mindseye@crl.com (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: How can I nuke Spider Mites indoors? Date: 2 Jun 1994 01:59:05 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2sk70p$ao1@crl2.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl2.crl.com Summary: Seeking method of eradicating nasty spider mites indoors Keywords: spider mites pests organic houseplants Some of my houseplants are being repeatedly attacked by spider mites! I've been using organic sprays, but as long as the weather's warm (most of the year in San Francisco) they keep returning! Are there natural enemies of spider mites available that would be effective and suitable for an indoor environment? I've heard of "predator mites" - do they like to devour spider mites? When the spider mites are all eaten, will they turn to larger prey? :) Any suggestions welcome! mindseye@crl.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!chsun!elna.ethz.ch!taszto From: taszto@gauss.math.ethz.ch (Thomas Gyoergy Sztojanov) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Very tasteless joke ... Re: How are Alcaloids synthetized in plants? Date: 2 Jun 1994 18:43:09 GMT Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Lines: 31 Sender: taszto@gauss (Thomas Gyoergy Sztojanov) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2sl97t$4uu@elna.ethz.ch> References: <2s1st0$4sa@elna.ethz.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: gauss.math.ethz.ch Keywords: sorry In article <2s1st0$4sa@elna.ethz.ch>, taszto@math.ethz.ch (Thomas Gyoergy Sztojanov) writes: |> |> |> Hello, |> |> Can someone give me pointers to the following three questions, |> - I don't know if it's allready well known or still a research topic - |> |> 1 What is known on the Biosynthesis of Alcaloids for example in Erythroxylaceae(*)? |> 2 What Enzymes are involved? |> 3 Where in the DNA this process of 'fabricating' some Enzyme is coded? |> |> ? Have there been attempts to manipulate genetic code such that some alcaloids were |> produced in more abundancy rsp. not at all? |> |> I would be very very thankfull to get some answer, |> |> .either post or email to taszto@math.ethz.ch |> |> .maybe you could crosspost this question to other groups that might also |> be involved in genetical research (I'm quite new on the net). |> |> very best regards, Tam'as |> (the Title was choosen, that finally people read my post!) ^^^^ sorry, tam'as From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU!T80SMS1 From: T80SMS1@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Portable IRGAs Date: 2 Jun 1994 14:27:35 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199406022127.OAA28799@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I am planning on buying a portable photosynthesis system and am considering the ones put out by ADC (LCA-4) and by CID. I would appreciate any comments on either of these systems. Thanks, Sam *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* * Samuel M. Scheiner + * * Department of Biological Sciences + In a democracy, the * * Northern Illinois University + * * DeKalb, Illinois 60115 + people get the kind of * * Phone: (815) 753-7847 + * * Fax: (815) 753-0461 + government that they * * Bitnet: t80sms1@niu.bitnet + * * Internet: t80sms1@mvs.cso.niu.edu + deserve. * *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 01 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!crash!rcdana From: rcdana@crash.cts.com (Richard Dana) Subject: Project Green Gene Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET/crash), San Diego, CA Date: Thu, 2 Jun 1994 14:45:39 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: news@crash.cts.com (news subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: crash.cts.com Lines: 16 Project Green Gene is seeking scientists to become involved in establishing a repository of plant genomic DNA. This is a global effort to preserve as many species as possible before they disappear. DNA specimens are requested along with ascii formated text for each species on floppy disk. New methods which may aid other scientists obtain clean DNA are also needed. Please respond by e-mail to rcdana@crash.cts.com. Project Green Gene Ambiocom Box 910416 San Diego, CA 92191-0416 voice messages: 619-724-8171 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 02 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!suelzle From: suelzle@netcom.com (Carol Suelzle) Subject: Re: ANTS!! Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <2sfgg2$9uv@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 1994 04:30:39 GMT Lines: 19 bob (bmcnulty@oavax.csuchico.edu) wrote: : A good environmentally safe method of controlling ants is to mix 2 cups : of household ammonia in a gallon of water and pour over their nests and along : their trails. You don't have to drown them the ammonia does the trick. : Hope this helps : Bob in Chico Thanks much, I'll try it right away. Steve From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 02 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!en767 From: en767@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerald W. Roe) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Leonotis leonurus: ** ANYONE?? ** Date: 3 Jun 1994 06:38:43 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA) Lines: 5 Message-ID: <2smj5j$c2r@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kanga.ins.cwru.edu I can only add that Leonotis resin is or was used in Africa as a mood altering substance. In contrast to the previous description of flowers at the top, ours have the fls all the way up a long central stem. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Jun 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!convex!insosf1.infonet.net!usenet From: hoefert5157@ins.infonet.net Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Hybrid Elm being attacked by green worms! HELP! Date: 4 Jun 1994 11:26:20 GMT Organization: INS Info Services, Des Moines, IA USA Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2spocs$q41@insosf1.infonet.net> Reply-To: hoefert5157@ins.infonet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ins.infonet.net I need help. My hybrid elm trees are being overrun by green worms about the width of a fingernail. These tiny worms crawl inside the leaves and eat only the insides. If the tree is left untreated or unnoticed for awhile, some of the leaves will be hollow shells, left only with their outer skins, almost transparent. When I do notice the worms inside the leaves, I spray the tree with insecticide....but this entails donning jeans, sweatshirt, saftey goggles, airmask, and rubber gloves, hauling a small tank on my back, and climbing these 20-30 foot elms to spray as much as possible. I have been doing this a couple of times each summer for the past 2 summers. My elms had originally been attacked by army worms (hanging in clumps, easy to detect), and since I have put a ring of insecticide on the trunk of the elms, which has gotten rid of them altogether, but these tiny worms get through -- possibly airborn moths or something? I am looking for an alternative to spraying and possibly breaking my neck. Could somebody please help? Tim hoefert5157@ins.infonet.net From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Jun 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.unb.ca!nbt.nbnet.nb.ca!snoopy.nbnet.nb.ca!snoopy From: snoopy@nbnet.nb.ca (Andreas Haun) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: how do I post ? Date: 4 Jun 1994 22:19:18 GMT Organization: nbnet Lines: 7 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.nbnet.nb.ca Help ! I do not know how to post. I tried it the other day and my enquiry only stayed up a short time? On the menu to post how do I answer "keywords" "Summary" and "distribution" I think this will go on the board but will not stay long, I have seen other requests stay up for several days. Also is the posting format the same for all news groups? Any help would be great please post it or Email me at snoopy@nbnet.nb.ca thanks in advance. Andreas From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Jun 03 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!modem110.ucdavis.edu!dwburger From: dwburger@ucdavis.edu Subject: Advice for horticulture students Message-ID: Sender: usenet@ucdavis.edu (News Guru) Organization: University of California, Davis X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 05:22:38 GMT Lines: 19 Dear Gardeners, I am teaching an introductory course in Landscape Horticulture and will deliver my last lecture on Tuesday, June 7 at 9:00 AM (Pacific time). I want to show the students the many ways they can obtain information on gardening/landscaping. In addition to all the traditional ways (books, magazines, trade journals, etc.), I want to show them how information can be obtained via electronic communications. Here's my request: Please reply here specifying what you consider to be the best source of information for gardening/landscaping. If you have a singular piece of advice for novice horticulturists include that too. I plan on retrieving and reading any replys that come my way during an in-class demonstration. I hope it will be a fun and instructive lecture. Thanks in advance for your help! Dave From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Jun 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!cheswicks!9!Walt.Stumper From: Walt.Stumper@9.cheswicks.toadnet.org (Walt Stumper) Date: 02 Jun 94 06:52:32 +0000 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: ANTS!! Message-ID: <840_9406041707@cheswicks.toadnet.org> X-Mail-Agent: GIGO unreg at cheswicks vsn 0.99w32 X-FTN-To: Carol Suelzle Organization: Cheswick's International Lines: 39 On 31 May 94 08:48am, Carol Suelzle wrote to All: CS> From: suelzle@netcom.com (Carol Suelzle) CS> Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 08:48:07 GMT CS> Does anyone out there have any good (and hopefully organic) CS> methods for getting rid of ants, or at least keeping them at bay? My CS> enitre yard is overrun with them. There are all kinds, red ones, black, Are they getting into your home? That's when they obviously become a problem for me. In my case, they seem to find the same locations year after year to enter the house. While I reluctantly have used so-called 'house & garden' ant & insect sprays (these types of sprays are considered 'safer'), I'm trying a new approach this spring and summer: herbs. _Carrots Love Tomatoes_ by Louise Riotte (Garden Way, 1975) states that "If ants are problem in the kitchen they may be repelled with pennyroyal and spearmint scattered on shelves. Mints or tansy planted near doorways and around the house also act as repellents." p. 17. I've planted peppermint near two common ant entrances into our home. So far, it seems to be working. (I'm trying tansy next year since mints tend to take over if not contained!) The other three locations present a problem since they are in heavily shaded areas. There are probably other methods you can try, but I've discovered that you can't stop them completely. Now I'm learning to live with a few ants in the house now and then! Walt... --- Via Silver Xpress V4.00 SW10253 -- |Fidonet: Walt Stumper 86:8012/9 |Internet: Walt.Stumper@9.cheswicks.toadnet.org | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Jun 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CUE.BC.CA!aceska From: aceska@CUE.BC.CA (Adolf Ceska) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: BEN # 75 Date: 5 Jun 1994 08:21:01 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 312 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199406051455.HAA04806@cue.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net BBBBB EEEEEE NN N ISSN 1188-603X BB B EE NNN N BBBBB EEEEE NN N N BOTANICAL BB B EE NN NN ELECTRONIC BBBBB EEEEEE NN N NEWS No. 75 June 6, 1994 aceska@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Victoria, B.C. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr. A. Ceska, P.O.Box 8546, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3S2 ----------------------------------------------------------- BEN IS MOVING Our host, old friendly cue.bc.ca, is closing down and all users, including BEN, got their eviction notices. BEN will move to freenet.victoria.bc.ca and we are working on setting up a listserv that will handle mailing and subscribing automatically. All current BEN subscribers will included on a new mailing list and you will get more details about the listserv soon. I would like to thank John Nemeth, the invisible man behind the cue.bc.ca system, for all the help he gave me running BEN. I enjoyed the way the system was set up, and I greatly appreciated all the work John Nemeth has done for us. Many, many thanks. I also relied on the help of Gary Shearman, who will remain in close contact with BEN as a principal figure in the Victoria Freenet Association. Please, address all your mail to aceska@freenet.victoria.bc.ca (any submissions to BEN - short or long - are welcome). Thanks. - Adolf Ceska BACK ISSUES OF BEN All the back issues of BEN have been stored on gopher freenet.victoria.bc.ca (as four large ASCII files - ca 350 K each) and they are WAIS indexed. Using this index, you can search BEN for any key word and you will get all the articles that contain the key word. The address of the gopher is freenet.victoria.bc.ca (in "All the Gopher Servers in the World" this gopher is listed under "Victoria Freenet Association") and when you connect with the freenet gopher, you select 4. Environment and Science Information / 4. Botany. ADVANCED AND SPECIALTY FIELD SEMINARS FOR PROFESSIONAL BOTANISTS From: EAGLHILL@MAINE.maine.edu The following intensive weeklong seminars will be held this summer on the coast of Maine at Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Station, just east of Acadia National Park and just west of Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge. The seminars are offered primarily for an advanced and professional audience, but also for well-qualified university and college students and amateur naturalists. Two graduate credits are available for each seminar from the University of Maine. For more information, please contact ... Eagle Hill Wildlife Research Station PO Box 99 Steuben, ME 04680-0099 207-546-2821, FAX -3042 EAGLHILL@MAINE.MAINE.EDU List of seminars: Quantitative Sampling of Vegetation (Dr. Ala S. White, June 5- 11) Field Ethnobotany (Dr. James A. Duke, June 12-18) Sedges - Cyperaceae (Dr. Anton A. Reznicek, July 3-9) Northern Forest Workshop: Insect/Tree Associations (Richard Dearborn, July 3-9) Advanced Mycology Foray (Dr. Allen Bessette, July 10-16) Ecology, Geology, & History of Eastern Maine Salt Marshes (Dr. Harold Borns, Dr. George Jacobsen, Dr. David Smith, July 17-23) Marine Botany: The Macroalgae (Dr. Arthur Mathieson, July 17-23) Advanced Wetlands Ecology (Dr. William A. Niering, July 24-30) Wetland Identification, Classification, and Delineation (Ralph Tiner, July 31-August 6) Aquatic Flowering Plants (Dr. C. Barre Hellquist, August 7-13) Northern Forest Workshop: Soil/Site Relationships (Dr. Russell Briggs, August 7-13) General Lichenology (Dr. Sharon Gowan, August 14-20) Advanced Natural History Illustration Workshop (Dennis O'Brien, September 4-10) Mosses and Liverworts. I (Dr. Howard Crum, September 11-17) Mosses and Liverworts. II (Dr. Howard Crum, September 18-24) The Science of the Professional Botanical Survey (Jerry Jenkins, September 25 - October 1) Fall Mushroom Foray (Dr. Samuel Ristich, September 25-October 1) PLANTS OF COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA Pojar, J. & A. MacKinnon [eds.] 1994. Plants of coastal British Columbia including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. - B.C. Ministry of Forests, Victoria and Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 527 p. ISBN 1-55105-042-0 [paperback] CDN$ 24.95 This book is a sequel to the very successful guide "Plants of northern British Columbia" [see BEN # 31]. It deals with a much larger area and with many more species than the first book. The impressive number (1,100) of colour photographs is almost double of that in the first book. A new feature of this guide is a large number of distribution maps - the distribution is shown for 794 taxa. The guide combines illustrations and 1/2 to one page write-ups on featured species with keys, diagrams and comparison tables. In this book, I missed some comparison tables that were included in the first guide: character tables of violets, lilies, poten- tilla. --- Some keys are dangerously simplified: Carex lasiocarpa will be identified as Carex rossii, Ceratophyllum as Myriophyllum. --- Problems of synonyms are treated with a phrase "also known as ...." and no distinction is made between true synonyms (Dodecatheon pulchellum is also known as D. pauciflorum) and different taxonomic concepts (Dryopteris ex- pansa is also known as D. assimilis [true synonym], D. austriaca and D. dilatata [different concepts]). I was horrified to read that Myriophyllum verticillatum "is also known as M. spicatum var. spicatum," endorsing a unique blunder that was made in Hitchcock et al. Similarly, Plectritis brachystemon is mentioned as "P. macrocera," Cornus unalaschkensis is treated as "C. canadensis," etc. --- I don't think that it is politically correct to segregate carnivorous, parasitic, and saprophytic vascular plants into a group called Oddballs. Why don't the Oddballs include Cuscuta or mistletoes? What about louseworts, paintbrushes and other parasitic plants of the Scrophulariaceae? In spite of this criticism, the guide is a nice piece of work and it will serve as an excellent learning tool to all people interested in plants of the Pacific Northwest. The authors, editors, and publishers have done a nice job and the book fills a very important niche in the botanical literature for this area. The book includes a wealth of ethnobotanical information, and is available in bookstores, or if you are interested in contacting the publisher, Lone Pine Publishing's phone number is 1-800-661-9017. VASCULAR PLANTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA - PART 4: MONOCOTYLEDONS Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley & Del Meidinger [eds.]. 1994. Vas- cular plants of British Columbia. Part 4 - Monocotyledons. Special report series # 4, B.C. Ministry of Forests. 257 p. [paperback] ISBN 0-7718-8757-4 (set); ISBN 0-7718-8761-2 (pt.4) Cost: CDN $26.00 [Available from: Crown Publications Inc., 546 Yates Str., Victoria, B.C. V8W 1K8 (604) 386-4636 Fax.:(604) 386-0221] The last volume of the Vascular plants of British Columbia deals with the monocotyledons. The fourth volume is about twice as large as any of the previous volumes and besides the treatment of monocots (keys, synonymy and distribution) it gives the summary chapters to the whole set (phytogeographic elements, number of taxa in each family, etc.). CORDILLERA - A JOURNAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NATURAL HISTORY Cordillera is to be published twice a year, initially, by the Federation of British Columbia Naturalists and those working on, or interested in, the natural history of British Columbia. The first (March 1994) issue started with an important article on "The fameflower (Talinum sediforme): Portrait of a Northwest endemic" by Trevor Goward & Helen Knight and a review article on serpentine soils by Bert Brink & Kay Fletcher. Subscription orders (FCBN members CDN $15.00, others and in- stitutions CDN $20.00) should be sent to Cordillera, Subscrip- tion Department, Box 473, Vernon, B.C., Canada V1T 6M4; submis- sions should be sent to The Editor, Cordillera, Box 625, Kam- loops, B.C., Canada V2C 5L7. TODAY IN THE HISTORICAL SCIENCES From: DARWIN@iris.uncg.edu MAY 4, 1556: LUCA GHINI dies at Bologna, Italy. One of the founders of modern botany, Ghini was born in Croara d'Imola around 1490. He studied medicine at the University of Bologna and taught at Bologna for many years, DEVISING A METHOD OF PRESERVING PLANTS BY PRESSING, DRYING, AND MOUNTING THEM ON CARDS TO PRODUCE THE FIRST MODERN HERBARIUM OR "HORTUS SICCUS". Ghini left Bologna in 1544 to take up a professorship at the University of Pisa, and he established there one of the first university botanical gardens. He travelled extensively in the vicinity of Pisa and Bologna collecting specimens for his garden and herbarium, and his scientific correspondents sent him botanical material from as far away as Egypt. Although he pub- lished little during his life, Ghini numbered among his students an entire generation of early modern European botanists, includ- ing Andrea Cesalpino, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Luigi Anguillara, William Turner, and John Falconer. MAY 23, 1707: CARL LINNAEUS is born at Sodra, Smaland, Sweden. The son of a country parson, Linnaeus will rise to be one of the most prominent figures in the history of natural history. Fol- lowing study in medicine and botany at the Universities of Lund and Uppsala, Linnaeus will first spend time travelling in Lapland, and then will move to Holland where he will receive his medical degree. While in Leiden he will publish the first edi- tion of his masterwork, _Systema Naturae_ (1735), which he will revise and expand many times over the course of his life. In 1741 Linnaeus will be appointed professor of medicine at Up- psala, and through his many students and his voluminous writings on systematics and natural history, his influence will spread throughout Europe and the world. Today in the Historical Sciences is a feature of Darwin-L, an international network discussion group for professionals in the historical sciences. For more information about Darwin-L send the two-word message INFO DARWIN-L to listserv@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu, or gopher to rjohara.uncg.edu (152.13.44.19). [To susbcribe send SUBSCRIBE DARWIN-L first_name last_name to LISTSERV@UKANAIX.CC.UKANS.EDU - you should know by now.] [DARWIN-L is an interesting list. Its "TODAY IN THE HISTORY" submissions are great. Interestingly enough, a large portion of the subscribers are linguists and their main goal is to prove that the evolution of biological species and languages have something in common. Botanists with limited disk space can find those discussions irritating. - AC] QUATERNARY - A NEW INTERNET DISCUSSION GROUP A new listserver has been created for all interested in research in the Quaternary sciences, particularly, but not exclusively in Canada. This listserver was established through the initiative of the Canadian Quaternary Association, especially Dana Naldret and Dave Liverman, with the assistance from the Memorial Univer- sity of Newfoundland, and the Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy. We hope that this will be of interest to anyone with an interest in the Quaternary geological period, including geologists, geomorphologists, soil scientists, palaeoenvironmentalists, archaeologists, paleontologists, geochronologists, palynologists, geotechnical engineers, and others. To subscribe, send SUBSCRIBE QUATERNARY first_name last_name to LISTSERV@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA - the list grew astronomically fast and the initial traffic was heavy. You can put "SET QUATERNARY MAIL DIGEST" (no apostrophes) as a next line after your "SUBSCRIBE ... " Submissions to the list will be collected and sent to you once a day - good way to handle busy discussion lists. The list owner is Dave Liverman . 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From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!Roger.Blumberg From: rog@cns.brown.edu (Roger Blumberg) Newsgroups: bionet.plants,bionet.general Subject: Wanted: Gifs or Jpegs of botanists & plants Date: 6 Jun 1994 13:21:16 GMT Organization: Brown University Lines: 16 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[6305] Message-ID: <2sv7sc$99v@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: tonto-slip13.cis.brown.edu X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0@cat.cis.brown.edu. Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. Xref: biosci bionet.plants:3335 bionet.general:9671 For an annotated version of Mendel's paper, I am looking for pictures of some of Mendel's contemporaries (e.g. Gartner, Kohlreuter, Lecoq, etc.) as well as the plants on which he worked (e.g. Pisum, Phaseolus, Lathyrus, etc.). Can someone direct me to a source, or perhaps a WWW page devoted to botanical resources?? Please e-mail me directly; I will post a summary if there is interest. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Roger B. Blumberg IBNS, Physics Brown University rog@cns.brown.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!news From: DROZD@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Drozd Michael) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Common Names Needed Date: 6 Jun 1994 09:28:44 GMT Organization: Universitaet Ulm Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2suq8c$cni@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de> References: <0htdGW_00WB659SUkj@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main01.rz.uni-ulm.de X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS v1.25 In-Reply-To: nm13+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of Fri, 27 May 1994 20:47:30 -0400 In <0htdGW_00WB659SUkj@andrew.cmu.edu> nm13+@andrew.cmu.edu writes: > I would appreciate the common names for the following: > > Arrhenatherum elatius > Veronica hederaefolia > Galinsoga ciliata > Epilobium coloratum > Circaea lutetiana > Aster shortii > Aster pilosus > Aster cordifolius > > Comments,remarks,folklore for these plants would also be deeply appreciated. > In German, Circaea lutetiana is called Hexenkraut. In English Hexe is witch. Peaple say that when you find Circaea growing in the wood, you have lost your way. However, in Germany you always and everywhere have the noise of roads for orientation. Michael From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tantrayoga@aol.com (TantraYoga) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Leonotis leonurus: ** ANYONE?? ** Date: 6 Jun 1994 17:54:03 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <2t05tr$98m@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2sdipv$kb5@master.di.fc.ul.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2sdipv$kb5@master.di.fc.ul.pt>, breeders@skull (Jose Miguel M.Sieuve Afonso) writes: What would you like to know? From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Jess Griffiths Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: TDR Date: 6 Jun 1994 10:33:46 +0100 Lines: 5 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2suqhq$3dm@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk I am currently using TDR (time domain reflectometry) to investigate water content of forest soils. I am particuarly interested in the upper layers of litter which are obviously highly organic. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has used this technique in organic material Jess Griffiths From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!usenet From: bmcnulty@oavax.csuchico.edu (bob) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: fire blight Date: 7 Jun 1994 14:32:15 GMT Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 11 Message-ID: <2t20df$h32@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> Reply-To: bmcnulty@oavax.csuchico.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: oavax.csuchico.edu Anyone know of a good remidy for fire blight? Currently I am cutting off the affected areas about 3 to 5 inches below the obvious signs of the blight. I have been sanitizing the shears in a bleach solution after each cutting. After a month of selective cutting my pear tree is begining to look like a bonsai. Is there any hope? Should I be doing something differently or in addition to the pruning? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Bob in Chico From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Egea Marcos Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: EMBL4 primers Date: 7 Jun 1994 13:09:13 +0100 Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2t1o19$pub@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Original-To: "plant molec. biol." Hy netlanders, I wonder if anyone has the sequence of the EMBL4 before the polylinker sites of the left and right arm, or just some 50 bp away inside the arms. Or if you purchased primers for PCRing these guys. Lambda gt10 and 11 are everywhere but I don't think the EMBL4 homologs are for sale yet or yes? thanks Marcos Egea Cortines Post-Doct. Res. Asoc. Dept. of Biology Isr. Inst of Technol. 32000 Haifa Israel From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!crash!rcdana From: rcdana@crash.cts.com (Richard Dana) Subject: Project Green Gene Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET/crash), San Diego, CA Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 07:47:01 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: news@crash.cts.com (news subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: crash.cts.com Lines: 12 I have some good methods for doing RNA and DNA from leaves of plants but I would like advice from people in all plant areas so that I can compile a complete collection. Please e-mail methods or references to me: rcdana@crash.cts.com Richard C. Dana, Ph.D. AMBIOCOM Box 910416 San Diego, CA 92191-0416 I would welcome reprints to help me develop simple, inexpensive DNA and RNA purification procedures. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!phoenix1.botany.duke.edu!mturner From: mturner@acpub.duke.edu (mel turner) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: info pls:OIL TREES Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 23:31:43 Organization: Botany Dept., Duke Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <60.1815.4376.0N1A11CB@canrem.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix1.botany.duke.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <60.1815.4376.0N1A11CB@canrem.com> e.vogel@canrem.com (E Vogel) writes: > I just finished watching the Smithsonian's "Invention" video series. > One inventor was trying to develop commercial farming of a > "Chinese Tawa (..or Towa) Tree" --- this tree's seeds have > highly combustible fuel oil. Perhaps it was "tallow tree" (_Aleurites_ in the Euphorbiaceae). mdt. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!VM1.MCGILL.CA From: TINKER Subject: RE: info pls:OIL TREES Message-ID: <07JUN94.18250171.0067@VM1.MCGILL.CA> Lines: 13 Sender: usenet@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA Organization: McGill University References: <60.1815.4376.0N1A11CB@canrem.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 21:53:53 GMT > Does anyone know about any recent developments in the "Oil Tree" story? > > I just finished watching the Smithsonian's "Invention" video series. > One inventor was trying to develop commercial farming of a > "Chinese Tawa (..or Towa) Tree" --- this tree's seeds have > highly combustible fuel oil. A famous Weston, Conn. inventor, > Stan Mason, was shown lighting up a seed which soon burst into > two stages of flame --- lo, then high energy. > I immagine that a forest of these trees at harvest time might pose a considerable fire hazard ?! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!am.abru.cg.com!DELANEYT From: DELANEYT@am.abru.cg.com (DELANEYT 919-541-8577) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Postdoctoral Associate Position Date: 7 Jun 1994 14:54:50 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <2707361707061994.A05275.YOMAMA.11863C640400*@abru.cg.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Ciba-Geigy Agricultural Biotechnology is seeking one or more recent Ph.D. scientists for a project to genetically dissect the signal transduction pathway leading to systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis. The successful candidate should have experience in Arabidopsis genetics. A background in plant pathology, prior work in map-based cloning, and strong molecular biology or biochemistry are also desirable. Send a copy of your CV, statement of research interests and 3 letters of recommendation to : John Ryals (ryalsj@abru.cg.com) Ciba Biotechnology P. O. Box 12257 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2257 If you would like further information see Terry Delaney or Kay Lawton at the ICPMB meeting in Amsterdam or John Ryals at the ISMPMI meeting in Edinburgh. Ciba is an Equal Opportunity Employer From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!usenet!bushnt From: bushnt@rpi.edu (Timothy Bushnell) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Tobacco/Phaseolus genome sizes Followup-To: bionet.plants Date: Tue, 7 Jun 94 15:02:35 GMT Organization: RPI department of biology Lines: 15 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: mbio-2.bio.rpi.edu X-Newsreader: VersaTerm Link v1.1.1 Hello all, Does anyone happen to know the approximate sizes of the tobacco and/or Phaseolus genomes? If so, do you also have a reference to this? Thanks in advance, Timothy Bushnell Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Plant Research Group "So lay down your disappointment and yearning Everything will be all right You can't stop this big world from turning But a dream need not fade in the light" Words by Fred Small From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU!tino From: tino@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU ("Constantin A. Rebeiz") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Postdoctoral Position in Plant Biochemistry-Molecular Biology Date: 7 Jun 1994 12:16:30 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 33 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4571.tino@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net A postdoctoral position is available beginning Oct. 1 1994 to attempt cloning the [4-vinyl]Chlorophyllide a reductase (4VCR) gene. 4VCR [Biochemistry 31:8460-8464 (1992)] is the best characterized of a family of [4-vinyl] reductases which catalyze the reduction of the vinyl group at position 4 of the tetrapyrrole macrocycle to ethyl. The importance of these enzymes reside in their being responsible for the chlorophyll biosynthetic heterogeneity in plants [Ciba Foudation symposium 180, p177-193 (1994)] and their potential relation to plant yield. 4VCR, a membrane-bound enzyme has been recently fully characterized and solublized from etioplast membranes. The work involves purifying the enzyme and cloning its gene and expressing it in E. Coli. Applicants should have some expertise in one or more of the following: (a) porphyrin biochemistry, (b) protein isolation, purification and characterization, (c) plant molecular biological techniques. Interested individuals should send curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation to : C. A. Rebeiz Laboratory of Plant Pigment Biochemistry and Photobiology, 240 A, PABL 1201 West Gregory Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana Illinois, 61801. Additional information via E-mail or telephone (217-333-1968) is welcome. Constantin A. Rebeiz Laboratory of Plant Pigment Biochemistry and Photobiology 240 A PABL, 1201 West Gregory University of Illinois Urbana IL. 61801 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: info pls:OIL TREES From: e.vogel@canrem.com (E Vogel) Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!uunet!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!portnoy!canrem.com!e.vogel Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.1815.4376.0N1A11CB@canrem.com> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 09:43:00 -0400 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 62 Hello... This is a challenge to Science Trivia buffs in Cyberspace: Does anyone know about any recent developments in the "Oil Tree" story? I just finished watching the Smithsonian's "Invention" video series. One inventor was trying to develop commercial farming of a "Chinese Tawa (..or Towa) Tree" --- this tree's seeds have highly combustible fuel oil. A famous Weston, Conn. inventor, Stan Mason, was shown lighting up a seed which soon burst into two stages of flame --- lo, then high energy. Stan Mason stated that the tree was fast-growing, reaching production age at about two years. He said that an acre would produce 16 tons of seeds, and that he wanted to extract oil. Mason already had several inventions under his belt, including "disposable diapers," earning him the nickname "Wizard of Weston." Does anyone know if this tree has been looked into by Aid agencies in developing countries? Perhaps it could be an immediate substitute for cooking fuel, direct from the tree. The demonstration on the video was extremely impressive. The 2-year old trees were about quite tall, too. Please advise if you have recent information. If the tree has potential for real-world application, I would like to forward it to Aid organizations. The potential for reducing firewood cutting exists. Unfortunately, this tree is not well known. I had a conversation with an organizer of community development (just came back from planting trees in Asia) and she says, "..never heard of it." Is this a ... Breakthru Solution for Global De-forestation? Thanks in advance for any help in this regard. Regards thru the wires, Jan Steele, (Essence: Harbouring deep concern about our environment... ...whales...clean blue skies...silent walks...my personal space...) * Please send e-mail to: E.VOGEL@CANREM.COM From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.plant,bionet.molbio.rapd,bionet.plants,bionet.biology.grasses Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!EU.net!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!VM1.MCGILL.CA From: TINKER Subject: Field sampling of maize tissue for DNA Message-ID: <07JUN94.09999860.0080@VM1.MCGILL.CA> Lines: 10 Sender: usenet@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA Organization: McGill University Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 14:15:32 GMT Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.rapd:614 bionet.plants:3343 bionet.biology.grasses:17 I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience or ideas on sampling plant (especially maize) tissue in the field for future DNA extraction. Thanks, Nick Tinker tinker@agradm.lan.mcgill.ca From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk (Tony Travis) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Mathematical treatment of phyllotaxis - ref's requested Date: 7 Jun 1994 10:06:28 +0100 Organization: Rowett Research Institute Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2t1dak$fn9@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> References: <946117035.~INN-HRJa00157.bionet-news@dl.ac.uk> Reply-To: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk Apparently-To: Thomas R Stanley (tstanley@EDU.ColoState.lamar) wrote: : Can anybody out there point me to some good references on phyllotaxis? I am : interested in a very general but rigorous mathematical treatment of the : subject, preferably developing the basic ideas from first principles. : Please email me responses. Thanks in advance. A good recent book is: Sachs, T. (1991), Pattern formation in plant tissues, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0 521 24865 5 Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | JANET: Rowett Research Institute, | other: Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone: +44 (0)224 712751 Aberdeen, AB2 9SB. UK. | fax: +44 (0)224 715349 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!SILVIA.HELSINKI.FI!BERNINGE From: BERNINGE@SILVIA.HELSINKI.FI ("Frank Berninger") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: presentation of myself Date: 8 Jun 1994 02:48:30 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, I am Frank Berninger. I am working as PhD. student at the Department of Forest Ecology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. My interest and previous work is the analysis of strategies, how plants regulate their gas exchange (especially during environmental stress) and to analyze the linkage between gas exchange and the hydraulic structure of trees. One focus of the work were optimal regulation approaches of stomatal conductance and their application to field data. Greetings Frank Berninger FRANK BERNINGER DEPARTMENT OF FOREST ECOLOGY PL 24 00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI FINLAND TEL +358-(9)0-1917689 FAX +358-(9)0-1917605 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!en767 From: en767@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerald W. Roe) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Growing Japanese Maple Tree From Seed Date: 8 Jun 1994 06:11:49 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <2t3nf6$na7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nextsun.ins.cwru.edu You need to make sure you leave the seeds on the trees until they mature in the fall, even though they may appear in the spring. October is about the right time here in western Oregon. Then the seeds need to be stratified, i.e. given a few months of cold. We just plant them in potting mix, cover them with sand, and leave them outside until spring. Our flats are thick with maples in mid-spring. Gerry Roe Trans-Pacific Nursery McMinnville OR 97128 503-472-6215 (voice) 434-1505 (FAX) 843-4214 (BBS) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CS.Arizona.EDU!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: doug2000@aol.com (Doug 2000) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Growing Japanese Maple Tree From Seed Date: 7 Jun 1994 21:30:05 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <2t36ut$ag3@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com Does anybody know the best way to grow Maple trees from seeds? I haven't had much luck in my attempts, (planting them in topsoil in a small container). From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!a2i!jwold From: jwold@rahul.net (Jason C. Wold) Subject: Help! Spider Mites...entymoligist needed! Message-ID: Keywords: bugs, spider mites, plants Sender: news@rahul.net (Usenet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: bolero Organization: a2i network Distribution: ca Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 03:01:09 GMT Lines: 17 Help! I have houseplants, some of them edibles (herbs), and all are infested with SPIDER MITES from the tree in the front yard. I bought some spray for them but the warnings on the bottle made me cringe. I refuse to put a toxin on my plants. I shouldn't have even bought it. Are they doomed? Must I start anew? Someone please tell me there is something I can do that will not be poison when I use it later. Any help would be most appreciated. Jason jwold@bolero.rahul.net -- Jason C. Wold From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!stepsun.uni-kl.de!sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de!schumann From: schumann@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Klaus Schumann [Biologie]) Subject: Re: Tobacco/Phaseolus genome sizes Message-ID: <1994Jun8.152040.23632@rhrk.uni-kl.de> Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany References: Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 15:20:40 GMT Lines: 26 Phaseolus vulgaris 3.7pg (1) 2.7pg (2) Nicotiana tabacum 7.8pg (1) values are the diploid DNA-content (2C-value) determined by Feulgen cytophoto- metry (1) Bennett MD et al.: Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms. Proc. R. Soc London B 216: 179-199 (1982) (2) Bennett MD, Smith JB: Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms. Philos Trans R Soc Lond (B) 274: 227-274 (1976) >Hello all, > Does anyone happen to know the approximate sizes of the tobacco and/or >Phaseolus genomes? If so, do you also have a reference to this? >Thanks in advance, >Timothy Bushnell >Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute >Plant Research Group >"So lay down your disappointment and yearning >Everything will be all right >You can't stop this big world from turning >But a dream need not fade in the light" > Words by Fred Small From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!noc.near.net!transfer.stratus.com!bullfrog.mfg.stratus.com!bbryan From: bbryan@bullfrog.mfg.stratus.com (Bob Bryan) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: White Birch Date: 8 Jun 1994 13:49:10 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc. Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2t4i8m$gkg@transfer.stratus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bullfrog.mfg.stratus.com I've noticed the past few springs that the leaves on the white brich trees here in eastern Massachusetts leaf out to a nice green only to turn brown and burnt looking a couple of weeks later. I've lost 2 small trees in the last couple of years and it looks like I'm going to loose more. *All* the white birch trees in this area seem to be sharing the same fate. Is this some kind of disease that can be treated/prevented? Please don't tell me it's acid rain killing the sensitive leaves. thx, Bob From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!zib-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!jurpool0.rz.uni-frankfurt.de!stein.rz.uni-frankfurt.de!prs From: prs@stein.rz.uni-frankfurt.de (Rosmus) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Cacti and other succulents Date: 8 Jun 1994 13:21:33 GMT Organization: University Frankfurt/M Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2t4gkt$vf4@jurpool0.rz.uni-frankfurt.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.rz.uni-frankfurt.de Hi! Is there anyone, who is interested in collecting and exchanging cacti and other succulents (plants or seeds)? My favorite genera are Lophophora, Ariocarpus, Turbinicarpus, Thelocactus and Notocactus (I am the owner of two greenhouses and reader of the american journal "Cactus and succulent Journal") . It would be very nice! Many greetings Dr.Wolfgang Gabriel **************************************************************************** POST: Liederbacher Str.82 D-65929 Frankfurt GERMANY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-MAIL: pr@chemie.uni-frankfurt.d400.de **************************************************************************** From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!BGUMAIL.BGU.AC.IL!itai From: itai@BGUMAIL.BGU.AC.IL (chanan itai) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: presentation Date: 8 Jun 1994 03:19:20 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I'm in the Dept. of Life Sciences in Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva Israel. I teach Plant Physiology and a course on Adaptation of plants to environmental stress. My interests are stress and stomata physiology. My studies now days concentrate on Ca+2 involvement in regulation of stomatal movement and the possible role of phytochrome control of Ca+2 ATPase activities. Chanan Itai From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!SILVIA.HELSINKI.FI!BERNINGE From: BERNINGE@SILVIA.HELSINKI.FI ("Frank Berninger") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: presentation of myself Date: 8 Jun 1994 01:38:38 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi, I am Frank Berninger. I am working as PhD. student at the Department of Forest Ecology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. My interest and previous work is the analysis of strategies, how plants regulate their gas exchange (especially during environmental stress) and to analyze the linkage between gas exchange and the hydraulic structure of trees. One focus of the work were optimal regulation approaches of stomatal conductance and their application to field data. Greetings Frank Berninger FRANK BERNINGER DEPARTMENT OF FOREST ECOLOGY PL 24 00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI FINLAND TEL +358-(9)0-1917689 FAX +358-(9)0-1917605 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU!robin019 From: robin019@MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU (David L Robinson) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: (none) Date: 8 Jun 1994 13:19:22 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 5 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net subscribe me please From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!news.drexel.edu!dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu!st93mey7 From: st93mey7@Dunx1.OCS.Drexel.Edu (Frederick Thum) Subject: Re: Help! Spider Mites...entymoligist needed! Message-ID: Organization: Drexel University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Distribution: ca Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 04:46:30 GMT Lines: 30 Jason C. Wold (jwold@rahul.net) wrote: : Help! I have houseplants, some of them edibles (herbs), and all are : infested with SPIDER MITES from the tree in the front yard. I bought : some spray for them but the warnings on the bottle made me cringe. I : refuse to put a toxin on my plants. I shouldn't have even bought it. : Are they doomed? Must I start anew? : Someone please tell me there is something I can do that will not be : poison when I use it later. We had quite a problem with spider mites when we were growing transgenic alfalfa. They seemed to appear when the plants were badly maintained, and the growth chamber dirty. Once infested, we cleaned the growth chamber, and tried to kill them with pyrethrins (derived from some flower, forget what...). Sorry to tell you this, but they are *extremely* hard to get rid of. We finally ended up taking stem cuttings, sterilizing them in bleach and ethanol, and growing them in media. These drastic measures will probably not apply to you, but generally, I would try to maintain a clean plant atmosphere. If you do decide to use some kind of pesticide, it is much more effective if you spray it on the underside of the leaves, as that is where the eggs and mites are. Good luck. --Fred Thum (st93mey7@post.drexel.edu) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU!CHAIVISU From: CHAIVISU@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU (Parin) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Arabidopsis cDNA library Date: 8 Jun 1994 10:10:01 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 6 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199406081709.KAA02917@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear netters, Does anyone knows the source for Arabidopsis cDNA library? Please give me any information? Thank you in advance Parin Chaivisuthangkura U. of Connecticut From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!nntp.msstate.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!uxmail!hk.super.net!hk.super.net!craigs From: craigs@hk.super.net (Mr. Craig S) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: bamboo query Date: 9 Jun 1994 09:02:33 GMT Organization: Hong Kong SuperNET Lines: 5 Message-ID: <2t6lr9$o9t@hk.super.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.14.67.4 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] i am a journalist at the asian wall street journal in hong kong. i am researching an article about bamboo and would appreciate any interesting factoids regarding bamboo, or the names of any bamboo experts, or the titles of any good books on any aspect of bamboo. any help is appreciated. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: randy Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help! Spider Mites...entymoligist needed! Date: Wed, 8 Jun 94 21:16:23 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 2 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1a.delphi.com X-To: Jason C. Wold You might try sulfur dust if you are looking for an organic approach. It should be done in a well ventilated area. You can get it t most hardware stores. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: LOGAND Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Attention Chanan Itai Date: 9 Jun 1994 08:11:40 +0100 Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2t6fbc$hr@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-Received: from msdos.montpellier.inra.fr by cypres.montpellier.inra.fr, Thu, 9 Jun 94 09:06:45 +0200 PP-warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk You wrote the following : I'm in the Dept. of Life Sciences in Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva Israel. I teach Plant Physiology and a course on Adaptation of plants to environmental stress. My interests are stress and stomata physiology. My studies now days concentrate on Ca+2 involvement in regulation of stomatal movement and the possible role of phytochrome control of Ca+2 ATPase activities. Chanan Itai I am interested in the research you are doing concerning Ca-ATPases as this was my field as well until recently. Could you send me a note of your E-mail address so we can talk? Regards David C. Logan Logand@montpellier.inra.fr From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!ACVAX.INRE.ASU.EDU!AGZXP From: AGZXP@ACVAX.INRE.ASU.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: (none) Date: 9 Jun 1994 15:16:43 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 1 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HDCCN5UQG200UT13@ACVAX.INRE.ASU.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Subscribe Plant Biology Discussion From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!gw1.phibred.com!news From: chamberlinma@phibred.com Subject: Re: bamboo query Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: Sender: news@phibred.com (USENET News System) Organization: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage References: <2t6lr9$o9t@hk.super.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 17:13:21 GMT Lines: 40 In article <2t6lr9$o9t@hk.super.net>, writes: > Path: gw1.phibred.com!newsrelay.iastate.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!nntp.msstat e.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!uxmail!hk.super.net!hk.super. net!craigs > From: craigs@hk.super.net (Mr. Craig S) > Newsgroups: bionet.plants > Subject: bamboo query > Date: 9 Jun 1994 09:02:33 GMT > Organization: Hong Kong SuperNET > Lines: 5 > Message-ID: <2t6lr9$o9t@hk.super.net> > NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.14.67.4 > X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] > > > i am a journalist at the asian wall street journal in hong kong. i am > researching an article about bamboo and would appreciate any interesting > factoids regarding bamboo, or the names of any bamboo experts, or the > titles of any good books on any aspect of bamboo. any help is appreciated. Dr. Lynn Clark in the Botany Dept of Iowa State Univ. (USA) is a Bamboo taxonomist. Her address and phone number are: Department of Botany Bessey Hall Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50011 U.S.A. (515) 294-8218 I don't know if she is on the network, but her e-mail address maybe: lclark@iastate.edu You might also post your message on bionet.biology.grasses From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!nntp.msstate.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!uxmail!hk.super.net!hk.super.net!craigs From: craigs@hk.super.net (Mr. Craig S) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: bamboo query Date: 9 Jun 1994 09:04:54 GMT Organization: Hong Kong SuperNET Lines: 1 Message-ID: <2t6lvm$o9t@hk.super.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.14.67.4 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!usenet.elf.com!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!not-for-mail From: young@clpd.kodak.com (Young, R.) Subject: Re: Help! Spider Mites...entymoligist needed! Message-ID: <2t573f$624@sasquatch.clpd.kodak.com> Lines: 25 Sender: young@clpd.Kodak.Com Reply-To: young@clpd.kodak.com Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company References: Distribution: ca Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 19:44:47 GMT In article st93mey7@Dunx1.OCS.Drexel.Edu (Frederick Thum) writes: >Jason C. Wold (jwold@rahul.net) wrote: > >: Help! I have houseplants, some of them edibles (herbs), and all are >: infested with SPIDER MITES from the tree in the front yard. I bought >: some spray for them but the warnings on the bottle made me cringe. I >: refuse to put a toxin on my plants. I shouldn't have even bought it. > >: Are they doomed? Must I start anew? >: Someone please tell me there is something I can do that will not be >: poison when I use it later. > >We had quite a problem with spider mites when we were growing transgenic >alfalfa. They seemed to appear when the plants were badly maintained, and >the growth chamber dirty. > >Once infested, we cleaned the growth chamber, and tried to kill them with >pyrethrins (derived from some flower, forget what...). [...] Chrysanthemum. -Rich Young (The view expressed herein may not reflect that of Eastman Kodak Company, Inc.) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!NewsWatcher!user From: ds28@cornell.edu (David B. Stern) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Postdoctoral positions - Chloroplast biogenesis Followup-To: bionet.plants Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 16:46:52 -0500 Organization: Boyce Thompson Inst., Cornell University Lines: 39 Sender: ds28@cornell.edu (Verified) Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.236.156.63 Postdoctoral Positions in Chloroplast Biogenesis 2-3 postdoctoral positions will be available beginning September 1, 1994, to use molecular genetic approaches to study two aspects of chloroplast biogenesis in the unicellular eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. In the first project, chloroplast transformation approaches will be used to define chloroplast transcript features that regulate translation initiation and mRNA stability (see PNAS 90:497; EMBO J. 12:3627). Nuclear transformation will be used to generate insertional mutations and to clone genes encoding trans-acting proteins that regulate these processes. In the second project, genetic approaches will be used to define components of the chloroplast protein import pathway that interact with the transit peptides of cytoplasmically synthesized precursors. This project will involve 1) generating and testing transit peptide mutations in vivo and in vitro and 2) isolating extragenic suppressors that can compensate for the transit peptide mutation. The positions will be supported for a period of up to three years. Experience in molecular biology and either protein biochemistry or genetics is required. Qualified individuals should send a statement of research interests, curriculum vita, and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references to: Project 1: Dr. David Stern, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Tower Rd., Ithaca NY 14853; Phone: (607) 254-1306; e-mail: ds28@cornell.edu; Fax (607) 254-1242); or Project 2: Dr. Karen Kindle, 151 Biotechnology Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; Phone (607) 254-4851; e-mail: Karen_Kindle@qmrelay.mail.cornell.edu; Fax (607) 254-2428. "The Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University are affirmative action and equal opportunity employers; women and minorities are encouraged to apply. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Joe Kowalski Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Mushrooms anyone? Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 01:46:29 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 11 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos2a.delphi.com Hello all, I have a friend who's not on the net yet and he wants to know if there's anything out here on mushrooms and fungi. Can anybody give me pointers as to where to look for ANYTHING to do with these? He maintains that he will promtly get an account if there's something out there. A million thank-you's in advance. joskow@delphi.com joe_kowalski%80@hp6400.desk.hp.com ..................................................8<........................... From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!torn!thunder!resctr-ohs.lakeheadu.ca!nparanja From: nparanja@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (N PARANJAPE - OCCUPHLTH) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Aloe plant Summary: how to take care Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 1994 17:00:27 GMT Sender: news@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca Organization: Lakehead University Lines: 6 Can anyone tell me how to take care of Aloe plant. my plant is very healthy, however, it is grown wild and collapsed under the weight of it's stems. help! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: randy Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: weed germination and propagation for experimental purposes - HELP Date: Wed, 8 Jun 94 21:03:31 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 2 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1a.delphi.com Can anyone provide bibliographic information for resources on subject matter? Thanx. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!omnifest.uwm.edu!omnifest.uwm.edu!not-for-mail From: sheisel@omnifest.uwm.edu (Scott E. Heisel) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: U.S. Barley Crop Date: 9 Jun 1994 14:27:08 -0500 Organization: The Milwaukee Omnifest Lines: 140 Message-ID: <2t7qec$7kr@omnifest.uwm.edu> BARLEY CROP REPORT NOTE: The following report is based on Crop-Weather reports released by State and Federal agencies. Pertinent information has been abstracted by AMBA Report for the Week Ending: June 5, 1994 NORTH DAKOTA Temperatures averaged 3o above normal in the northeast and east central districts and near normal in most other areas. Precipitation ranged from 0.04" in the southeast to 0.59" in the northwest. Topsoil moisture levels fell below average. However, subsoil conditions remain well above last year and the 5-year average. Broadleaf and wild oat spraying were 35% and 52% complete, respectively. Fourteen percent of the barley crop was in the boot stage. This is near last year's level of 16% and below the average of 22%. The crop's condition declined slightly to 11% excellent, 76% good, 12% fair, and 1% poor. MINNESOTA Temperatures in the northwest averaged 3o to 4o above normal for the week. Precipitation totals in the region ranged from 0.12" at Hallock to 0.53" at Moorhead. Topsoil moisture conditions declined to 50% adequate and 50% short or very short. Some small grains replanted due to soil crusting. The barley crop was 28% jointing, near last year's 27% and 30% on average. The condition was rated 8% excellent, 73% good, 13% fair, and 6% poor. SOUTH DAKOTA Temperatures in northeast and north central South Dakota averaged near normal. Precipitation in the was variable with totals ranging from 1.58" at Watertown to none at Mobridge. Moisture was adequate to surplus for 32% of the state's topsoil and 69% of the subsoil. Calmer winds allowed for herbicide spraying progress, yet weeds were a problem in some areas that were too dry to activate the herbicides. Twenty-one percent of the barley crop was in the boot, compared to 8% last year and 28% on average. The condition of the crop declined to 8% excellent 65% good, 26% fair, and 1% poor. IDAHO Precipitation fell across Idaho, with most stations in the east and north reporting greater than average totals. Temperatures averaged above normal in most growing areas. Soil moisture was 79% adequate. Irrigation water supplies decreased to 4% excellent , 49% good, 28% fair, 17% poor and 2% very poor. Mormon crickets and grasshoppers causing problems in some areas of south central Idaho. The barley crop was 4% headed, 11% booted and 45% jointed. The condition of the crop was reported as 9% excellent, 66% good, 24% fair, and 1% poor. MONTANA Temperatures were near normal and precipitation fell across the state. Rainfall totals ranged from an average of 0.7" in the west to 0.2" in hte southeast and south central districts. Soil moisture supplys remained at last week's levels. Topsoil moisture was rated 80% adequate to surplus. Emergence of the barley crop progressed to 91%, ahead of 83% last year and the 89-93 average of 80%. The condition of the crop was reported as 25% excellent , 57% good, 17% fair, and 1% poor. COLORADO Temperatures averaged several degrees above normal across the state. Precipitation was widespread, but amounts varied greatly. The Rio Grande river basin reported mostly light totals. Soil moisture was 1% surplus, 63% adequate, 30% short, and 6% very short. The spring barley crop was 18% headed. This is near last year's 16% and the average. The condition of the crop improved to 7% excellent, 70% good, 20% fair, 2% poor, and 1% very poor. WASHINGTON Temperatures were near normal for most of the state. Little precitatio n fell east of the Cascades with the notable exception of Colville which reported 0.8". Soil moisture was 52% adequate and 48% short. Irrigation water supplies were 75% adequate and 25% short. Dryland grains stressed, particullally in Douglas, Garfield and Whitman Counties. Sixty-three percent of the balrey crop headed, compared to average of 39%. Ninety-nine percnet of irrigated barley in good condition, while only 24% of dryland barley rated good. This Last Last 5-Year This Last Last 5-Year Week Week Year Avg. Week Week Year Avg. Colorado North Dakota Headed 18% Na 16% 19% Emerged 95% 84% 99% 97% Idaho Jointing 14% 4% 16% 22% Emerged 98% 96% 85% 93% Oregon Jointing 60% 36% Na Na Seeded 95% 90% 98% 97% Booted 15% 5% Na Na South Dakota Minnesota Boot 21% 5% 8% 28% Jointing 28% 17% 27% 30% Washington Montana Headed 63% 35% 17% 39% Emerged 91% 80% 83% 80% Wyoming Emerged 96% 91% 82% 92% V. PoorPoor Fair Good Excel Colorado This week 1% 2% 20% 70% 7% Colorado Last week 0% 5% 31% 49% 15% Idaho This week 0% 1% 24% 66% 9% Minnesota This week 0% 6% 13% 73% 8% Minnesota Last week 0% 0% 12% 75% 13% Montana This week 0% 1% 17% 57% 25% Montana Last week 0% 1% 16% 53% 30% North Dakota This week 0% 1% 12% 76% 11% North Dakota Last week 0% 0% 10% 75% 15% South Dakota This week 0% 1% 26% 65% 8% South Dakota Last week 0% 2% 9% 78% 11% Wash. Dryland This week 9% 15% 52% 24% 0% Wash. Dryland Last week 0% 22% 38% 40% 0% Wash. Irrigated This week 0% 0% 1% 99% 1% Wash. Irrigated Last week 0% 0% 0% 100% 1% ### ### From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!usenet From: S1.RSW@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU (R.S. Wallace) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: bamboo query Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 11:41:40 CDT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 22 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <2ta544$gvk@news.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: isumvs.iastate.edu Note: Dr. Lynn Clark IS a bamboo expert, however she will be unavailable for e-mail or other correspondence until August. He e-mail address is lclark@iastate.edu. Her address is : Dr. Lynn Clark Dept. of Botany Iowa State Univ. Ames IA 10011-1020 FAX: 1-515-294-1337 Hope this helps. Dr. Rob Wallace Asst. Professor of Botany Iowa State Univ. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!moose.uvm.edu!amarion From: amarion@moose.uvm.edu (Amy Marion) Subject: Re: Mushrooms anyone? Message-ID: <1994Jun10.173907.649@emba.uvm.edu> Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 17:39:07 GMT Lines: 12 Joe Kowalski (joskow@delphi.com) wrote: : Hello all, I have a friend who's not on the net yet and he wants to know : if there's anything out here on mushrooms and fungi. Can anybody give me : pointers as to where to look for ANYTHING to do with these? He maintains : that he will promtly get an account if there's something out there. : : A million thank-you's in advance. : : joskow@delphi.com : joe_kowalski%80@hp6400.desk.hp.com : : ..................................................8<........................... From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!news.lth.se!news.lu.se!q700.plantbio.lu.se!Lars.S From: RoundUp Subject: Book on systematic relations wanted! Message-ID: <1994Jun10.152250.24264@nomina.lu.se> X-Xxmessage-Id: X-Xxdate: Fri, 10 Jun 94 15:18:20 GMT Sender: news@nomina.lu.se (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: q700.plantbio.lu.se Organization: Plant biochemistry U of Lund X-Useragent: Version 1.1.3 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 15:22:50 GMT Lines: 15 Could someone point out some referenses to books or articles that contain cladistic and/or phenetic relations between different species of plants and algea? I am not a botanist or knowledgable in systematics but am as a biochemist working in a project were we use plants and algea for studies of differences in some markers. It would be helpful to have some reference literature to turn to. It would be nice to see some examples of multiple carracteristic trees, DNA sequence differences, enzymes, serological and others. Please send replies to my E/mail adress. _________________________________________________________ Lars Snogerup Lars.S@Plantbio.lu.se Plant Biochemistry Lund University Sweden From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!barrnet.net!biosys!apldbio.com From: dak@apldbio.com (Dave Knorr) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.plant,bionet.molbio.rapd,bionet.plants,bionet.biology.grasses Subject: Re: Field sampling of maize tissue for DNA Message-ID: <1114@biosys.apldbio.COM> Date: 10 Jun 94 18:49:38 GMT References: <07JUN94.09999860.0080@VM1.MCGILL.CA> Sender: news@biosys.apldbio.COM Followup-To: bionet.molbio.plant Organization: Perkin Elmer/Applied Biosystems Lines: 18 X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d24 X-XXDate: Fri, 10 Jun 94 19:49:21 GMT Xref: biosci bionet.molbio.rapd:618 bionet.plants:3379 bionet.biology.grasses:20 In article <07JUN94.09999860.0080@VM1.MCGILL.CA> TINKER, CZNT000@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA writes: In article <07JUN94.09999860.0080@VM1.MCGILL.CA> TINKER, CZNT000@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA writes: >I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience or ideas >on sampling plant (especially maize) tissue in the field for >future DNA extraction. > >Thanks, >Nick Tinker >tinker@agradm.lan.mcgill.ca I am also interested in how people do this. Particularly if there is any convenient way to begin the extraction process and hold the samples (say 24-48 hours) without refrigeration. Dave Knorr dak@apldbio.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!moose.uvm.edu!amarion From: amarion@moose.uvm.edu (Amy Marion) Subject: Re: Mushrooms anyone? Message-ID: <1994Jun10.174420.909@emba.uvm.edu> Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont -- Division of EMBA Computer Facility X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <1994Jun10.173907.649@emba.uvm.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 17:44:20 GMT Lines: 2 Tell him to try bionet.mycology It is a well-used group (new posts almost every day). From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!pipex!uknet!warwick!nott-cs!tuck!ajj From: ajj@tuck.cs.nott.ac.uk (Andrew J Jeffery) Subject: Re: Mushrooms anyone? Message-ID: <1994Jun10.173036.22704@cs.nott.ac.uk> Sender: ajj@tuck (Andrew J Jeffery) Nntp-Posting-Host: tuck Organization: Communications Research Group References: Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 17:30:36 GMT Lines: 5 Dear Joe, Have you tried the 'bionet.mycology' newsgroup? Judge. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Jun 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MIT.EDU!kearns From: kearns@MIT.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: travels Date: 9 Jun 1994 17:37:26 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9406100021.AA15882@m66-080-1.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hello Everyone, I have just traveled a few paces to the wonderful new biology building at MIT. It's really lovely with lots of light and airy atria. You should all visit. The new address is Bldg 68 Rm 611, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Phone is still 617-253-4723, Fax is still 617-253-8699, email is still kearns@mit.edu Don't forget the ISPMB Stomata Lunch. I will post details when I arrive in Amsterdam. Hopefully, there will be a bulletin board near the registration for notices. Hope to see many of you there. It should be fun! Ellen Kearns From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Jun 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: NRP2@VAX.YORK.AC.UK Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Plant toxins Date: 11 Jun 1994 23:29:31 +0100 Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2tddsb$ac9@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: PLANTBIO@dl.AC.UK Hi netters, I am posting this question for a friend. Does anyone out there have any information on the content and type of glucosinolates present in the garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus? Please respond to NRP2@uk.ac.york.vax Many thanks, Nick. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Jun 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: muckyme@aol.com (Muckyme) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Professional gardener Date: 11 Jun 1994 09:56:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <2tcfph$ifd@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com I am a professional gardener with plant science training and 10 years experience, seeking a position at a botanical, public, or private garden or a position assisting with biological research. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Jun 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: muckyme@aol.com (Muckyme) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: "Drying" flowers... Date: 11 Jun 1994 09:49:05 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <2tcfch$icp@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2sfhsj$7kb@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2sfhsj$7kb@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU>, xenon@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Fingers are for WEINERS!) writes: Try silica. It is useful for hard to dry flowers. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Jun 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: NRP2@VAX.YORK.AC.UK Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Seed germination. Date: 12 Jun 1994 19:49:52 +0100 Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2tflcg$r90@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: PLANTBIO@dl.AC.UK Dear netters, Recently I've been looking at imbibition rates for different seeds (plotting curves of seed mass against time) and was wondering if anyone out there had come across any papers or suchlike in which equations had been fitted to imbibition curves. Any help would be gratefully received. Please reply to NRP2@uk.ac.york.vax Many thanks, Nick. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Jun 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!prairienet.org!dstone From: dstone@prairienet.org (David M. Stone) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Quick Field Test for the Presence of Alkaloids Date: 12 Jun 1994 02:10:49 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 11 Message-ID: <2tdqr9$7ll@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: firefly.prairienet.org Can anyone provide me with a quick qualitative test that could be Can anyone provide me with a quick qualitative test for the presence of alkaloids in plant tissue? Thanks in advance, Dave Stone -- David M. Stone Home: 803 E. Olympian Rd. Teaching Associate Urbana, IL 61801 University High School (217) 643-7622 1212 W. Springfield Ave. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Jun 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca!herman.cs.uoguelph.ca!sannis From: sannis@uoguelph.ca (Seanna Annis) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: fire blight Date: 11 Jun 1994 21:01:46 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Lines: 29 Message-ID: <2td8nq$ico@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <2t20df$h32@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: herman.cs.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] bob (bmcnulty@oavax.csuchico.edu) wrote: : Anyone know of a good remidy for fire blight? Currently I am cutting : off the affected areas about 3 to 5 inches below the obvious signs of the : blight. I have been sanitizing the shears in a bleach solution after each : cutting. After a month of selective cutting my pear tree is begining to look : like a bonsai. Is there any hope? Should I be doing something differently or : in addition to the pruning? : Any help would be appreciated. : Thanks : Bob in Chico You are doing the right thing, but at the wrong time of the year. It is supposed to work better if you prune in the winter, but your tree may be dead by then. I would suggest being more aggressive. Prune farther down from the infected area, the bacteria can travel through the branch with no outward symptoms. Try 8 inches. Bleach the surface of the cut, better to put some kind of wound dressing on it, otherwise the bacteria can just get in the wound again. I don't know any wound dressing compounds off hand, try a nursery. Burn or move as far away as possible (other side of town would be good) the diseased sections you have cut off. I would also suggest checking with any neighbouring trees apples, pears to see if they have the disease too. Insects are usually spreading the disease this time of year so any diseased tree nearby could act as a source of the disease for your tree. Good luck. Seanna (plant pathologist in training, sannis@uoguelph.ca) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 12 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!unicorn.nott.ac.uk!psadah2.nottingham.ac.uk!Paulj From: Paulj@sbn2.nott.ac.uk (Paul Singleton-Jones) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: reducing co2 levels Date: 13 Jun 1994 07:47:24 GMT Organization: University of Nottingham Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: psadah2.nottingham.ac.uk In article bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Dai Bevan) writes: >From: bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Dai Bevan) >Subject: reducing co2 levels >Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 00:52:01 GMT >What methods are used for reducing the co2 levels in a glass house, or >other semi-sealed enviroment. >TIA DAI Bevan In our glasshouses the CO2 levels are reduced by opening the vents. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 12 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!pnl-oracle!pnl-bbs!news From: ca_mcallister@pnl.gov (Chris McAllister) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Big Sagebrush Date: 13 Jun 1994 16:20:31 GMT Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs Lines: 11 Message-ID: <2ti10f$kod@bbs.pnl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: ca_mcallister.pnl.gov X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.83.3 I'm new to this, so please forgive me if this is the wrong place to post. I am looking for information on transplanting big sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata). Information on techniques, timing, success, etc. as well as any leads on where to look for this information would be appreciated, specifically for mature plants (if possible). I have not had much luck locating any studies/research on this so far. Thanks very much! Chris McAllister ca_mcallister@pnl.gov From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 12 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!rat!decwrl!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!nntphost.ee.cit.ac.nz!EC411.ee.cit.ac.nz!bevanda From: bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Dai Bevan) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: reducing co2 levels Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 00:52:01 GMT Organization: Central Institute of Technology Lines: 4 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ec411.ee.cit.ac.nz What methods are used for reducing the co2 levels in a glass house, or other semi-sealed enviroment. TIA DAI Bevan From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Jun 12 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!parc!decwrl!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!herald.usask.ca!mchughen From: mchughen@herald.usask.ca (Alan McHughen) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help! Spider Mites...entymoligist needed! Date: 13 Jun 1994 22:29:21 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 22 Distribution: ca Message-ID: <2timk1$d5u@tribune.usask.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: herald.usask.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Frederick Thum (st93mey7@Dunx1.OCS.Drexel.Edu) wrote: : We had quite a problem with spider mites when we were growing transgenic : alfalfa. They seemed to appear when the plants were badly maintained, and Did you have regulatory approval for this? What did the EPA think of your feeding transgenic material to innocent spider mites? Did the FDA approve of your allowing this transgenic stuff enter the food chain? How can I be sure *your* spider mites don't mate with *my* spider mites and transfer DNA to *my* pristine houseplants? Have you checked the mites for tumors recently? You also admit to mistreating your alfalfa ("...plants were badly maintained"). Honestly, some people have *NO* respect for the sanctity of life! I have a good mind to report you to the SPCA for abusing those innocent creatures- They probably don't even know they're eating genetically engineered alfalfa- I'l bet the plants aren't even labelled such that the mites can make an informed choice! It's the cavalier attitude of Ivory Tower scientists like you that causes people to be suspicious. I'll tell you one thing- you're sure not going to get into *my* genes! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!torn!thunder!resctr-ohs.lakeheadu.ca!nparanja From: nparanja@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (N PARANJAPE - OCCUPHLTH) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Aloe vira plant Keywords: aloe Message-ID: Date: 14 Jun 1994 16:23:01 GMT Sender: news@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca Organization: Lakehead University Lines: 8 HELP ! My Aloe plant is healthy but gone Astray. It has collapsed under the weight of its stems. I suppose it should be standing errect in the pot. Should I remove additional stems or what! HELP! HELP ! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!newshost.williams.edu!newshost.williams.edu!not-for-mail From: 96dbr@williams.edu (Rudythustra) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Cacti Date: 14 Jun 1994 10:59:45 -0400 Organization: Williams College, Williamstown MA Lines: 5 Message-ID: <2tkgl1INNkvv@bigbird.cc.williams.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigbird.cc.williams.edu Does anyone know of any research being done on cacti? What kind of research and on what species? Thanks Dan From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!uunet!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!extro!asalter From: asalter@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Gardener) Subject: Re: Advice for horticulture students Message-ID: Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au Organization: /etc/organization References: Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 13:49:56 GMT Lines: 28 In article dwburger@ucdavis.edu writes: > > Please reply here specifying what you consider to be the best source of > information for gardening/landscaping. If you have a singular piece of > advice for novice horticulturists include that too. > IMHO the best source is through industry contact. Encourage your students to visit retail nurseries and public gardens in their spare time and just browse around and talk to people. Also visit wholesale nurseries and landscape works in progress (by appointment, as nursery and project managers are busy people). I teach nursery management and find assignments requiring students to compare the operations of 3 different wholesale and 3 different retail nurseries provide a better understanding of the industry than any amount of lecturing. So far, owners and managers have been understanding and helpful. Single piece of advice? hmm - I guess my advice is learn to observe plants, really observe, not just look at them. For example, one should be able to tell if a plant needs water by observing it from a distance; the state of health of a tree by the appearance of its canopy; or whether a cutting is ripe by its look and feel. Most of horticulture depends on acute observation. Regards, Adrian. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!warwick!uknet!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!uta.fi!kielo!matopa From: matopa@uta.fi (Todd Palmer) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Seressas excrete toxins? Date: 14 Jun 1994 08:08:00 GMT Organization: University of Tampere, Finland Lines: 12 Message-ID: <2tjoh0$fm0@vuokko.uta.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: kalliokielo.uta.fi X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] In the bonsai forums we have been discussing moss lately. A few questions have come up. A few posters have noticed that moss doesn't grow well on Seressas. Could it be that they secrete a toxin (or something) that the moss doesn't like? Also, is it possible to grow moss indoors? Like in a normal home setting not a green house. Thanks, Toddler From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!usenet From: saouc@uccmvsa.bitnet Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: "Drying" flowers... Date: Mon, 13 Jun 94 17:31:43 PDT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 27 Message-ID: <2tiu7l$5ko@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <2sfhsj$7kb@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: largo.ucop.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage > From: xenon@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Fingers are for WEINERS!) > Newsgroups: bionet.plants > Subject: "Drying" flowers... > Date: 31 May 1994 14:33:55 GMT > My GF recently bought 5 fuschia baskets from the nursery where she works, > and we've been wondering: How do you "dry" fuschia blooms? I use dry in quotes > because I know that they don't dry too well, in fact, they're horrible for drying. Does anybody know how? I was thinking maybe dipping it in a watered-down > laquer or glue... > Help! It would have to be done using silica powder - as I understand it (I have not done this myself) you bury the flowers carfully in a box of silica powder, which gradually extracts all the moisture from the flower while holding it intact. The flower colors remain pretty true, or even intensify (rather then fade as in regular drying). Many delicate flowers may be dries in this fashion - look for a book on dried flower arranging or some such. I think I saw this in my wife's copy of 'The Scented Room'. Sean A. O'Hara, 710 Jean St., Oakland, Ca. 94610-1459 saouc@uccmvsa.bitnet or sean.ohara@ucop.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!usenet From: saouc@uccmvsa.bitnet Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Leonotis leonurus: ** ANYONE?? ** Date: Mon, 13 Jun 94 17:26:03 PDT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 38 Message-ID: <2tittv$5ko@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <2sdipv$kb5@master.di.fc.ul.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: largo.ucop.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage > From: breeders@skull (Jose Miguel M.Sieuve Afonso) > Subject: Leonotis leonurus: ** ANYONE?? ** > Date: 30 May 1994 20:37:19 GMT > I'm currently studying a Labiacae, Leonotis leonurus a South-African endemic. > I'm looking for more poeple on this area who might want to swap ideas, etc. > Anything on this pplant would be usefull! > Thank You! > > Jose Sieuve Afonso Jose - I could not seem to reach you directly, hence this response on bionet.plants. I do not ordinarily subscribe to this list, so please try and answer me directly (maybe you'll have better luck!) We grow this plant locally here in the S.F. Bay Area of California. It is a handsome shrub, flowering reliably in the fall. I have seemn a white form occasionally offered and would be interested in obtainins this form or other unusual color forms if they exist (I understand that the white form breed true from seed). What direction does your research take you? Or are you trying to find a path at the moment? Sean A. O'Hara, 710 Jean St., Oakland, Ca. 94610-1459 saouc@uccmvsa.bitnet or sean.ohara@ucop.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!ACVAX.INRE.ASU.EDU!AGEDW From: AGEDW@ACVAX.INRE.ASU.EDU (NAME) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Free Fatty Acid Toxicity Date: 14 Jun 1994 12:03:25 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 5 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01HDJ5DNKP88010BT5@ACVAX.INRE.ASU.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Can someone direct me to some journal articles on the toxicity of free fatty acids in plant cells? Animal cells? David Wolfe agedw@acvax.inre.asu.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!usenet From: jfiering@itchy.phy.duke.edu (Jason Fiering) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Aloe vira plant [sic] Date: 14 Jun 1994 18:43:48 GMT Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C., USA Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2tktp4$mq8@news.duke.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.phy.duke.edu In article nparanja@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (N PARANJAPE - OCCUPHLTH) writes: > > HELP ! > > My Aloe plant is healthy but gone Astray. It has collapsed under > the weight of its stems. I suppose it should be standing errect in the > pot. Should I remove additional stems or what! > > HELP! HELP ! I am afraid this is what happens to large and healthy aloes. I have one 2-3 ft in diameter that flopped over several years ago. It continues to flourish nonetheless, and the trunk just sort of creeps along the surface of the soil. -- Jason Fiering 1-919-660-2500 Duke University, Dept. of Physics jfiering@phy.duke.edu Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305, USA From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!PSUVM.PSU.EDU!JXD14 From: JXD14@PSUVM.PSU.EDU ("Jill Deikman") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: postdoctoral position available Date: 14 Jun 1994 11:17:18 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199406141817.LAA19058@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net A postdoctoral position is available for two years starting September 1, 1994 to study ethylene-regulated gene transcription. DNA sequences required for ethylene responsive gene transcription in ripening tomato fruit have been identified and proteins that interact with these sequences have been characterized (Plant Physiology 100: 2013-2017; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 5939-5943). The current objective is to clone genes encoding DNA-binding proteins that interact with these sequences and that may mediate ethylene-responsive gene transcription. Experience in molecular biology and biochemistry is desirable. Please send c.v., statement of research interests, and telephone numbers of three references to: Jill Deikman, Biology Department, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 (e-mail: jxd14@psuvm.psu.edu). From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!usenet From: S1.RSW@ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU (R.S. Wallace) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Cacti Date: Tue, 14 Jun 94 13:05:35 CDT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 28 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <2tkrhe$3pf@news.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: isumvs.iastate.edu In article <2tkgl1INNkvv@bigbird.cc.williams.edu>, 96dbr@williams.edu (Rudythustra) writes: >Does anyone know of any research being done on cacti? What kind of >research and on what species? > >Thanks >Dan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dan, "Any research" is so vague a concept....... There is a LOT of research being done on cacti, from different perspectives and disciplines. I have colleagues doing research on ecology, morphology, biogeography, a myriad of taxonomic/monographic revisions, studies involving economic uses of cacti, and, in my case, the study of phylogeny of the family. There are far more than a few species being studied, and the list of taxa is much too long to discuss here. If there is a more specific question you have, it may be possible to give a more useful answer. Good luck, Rob Wallace Asst. Professor of Botany Iowa State University From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5.umd.edu!usenet From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: reducing co2 levels Date: 14 Jun 1994 13:23:09 GMT Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland Lines: 7 Message-ID: <2tkavt$d4d@umd5.umd.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: williams.smcm.edu X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.1b25@williams.smcm.edu X-Authenticated: bwilliam on POP host oyster.smcm.edu How about growing plants, especially something like corn? :-) _______________________________ Bill Williams bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu Dept. of Biology St. Mary's College of Maryland From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!nntphost.ee.cit.ac.nz!ACN2040.ee.cit.ac.nz!bevanda From: bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Dai Bevan) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: woops! Increasing co2 levels Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 20:19:43 GMT Organization: Central Institute of Technology Lines: 9 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: acn2040.ee.cit.ac.nz Well I must have been thinking about something else when I posted about wanting to decrease co2 levels. I actually want to know the best way to increase the enviromental co2 levels around plants in a sealed area, not much use reducing the co2 levels. Thanks again. Dai Bevan From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!purdue!yuma!lamar!tstanley From: tstanley@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Thomas R Stanley) Subject: Broccoli and phyllotaxis, need your email address Sender: news@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU (News Account) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 15:30:07 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: lamar.acns.colostate.edu Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 9 About a week ago I requested references on the mathematical treatment of phyllotaxis. Whoever e-mailed me requesting I forward any interesting responses (you were using the phyllotaxis of broccoli as an indicator or response variable in some developmental studies), please send me your email address. I accidently deleted your request. Tom Stanley tstanley@lamar.colostate.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!mustang.alleg.edu!news From: greshw@bio105.alleg.edu (William Gresh) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: holding maize field samples for DNA Date: 14 Jun 1994 20:26:58 GMT Organization: Allegheny College Lines: 10 Message-ID: <2tl3qi$4kk@mustang.alleg.edu> Reply-To: greshw@alleg.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: bio105.alleg.edu Hello In the lab, I quick freeze maize tissue using liquid nitrogen. If you have an adequate cold chest, it may be possible to quick freeze the samples in the field and keep them on dry ice until getting back to the lab. Bill Gresh greshw@alleg.EDU From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!not-for-mail From: bmm1@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Bruce M. Marshall) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Big Sagebrush Date: 14 Jun 1994 16:32:37 -0400 Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net Lines: 7 Message-ID: <2tl455$ap8@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> References: <2ti10f$kod@bbs.pnl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet3.scri.fsu.edu I would think such a drout resistant plant would transplant easily. The sandy soils they are found in would make digging them up easy. I have a source for seed if this is of interest. The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont CA has big sagebrush in its natives collection. They are at 1500 North College Ave. 91711 -- Bruce M. Marshall bmm1@freenet.fsu.edu voice 615 481 0990 fax 615 481 8039 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Jun 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!spergularia.life.uiuc.edu!user From: j-cheeseman@uiuc.edu (John Cheeseman) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: reducing co2 levels Followup-To: bionet.plants Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 15:01:53 -0500 Organization: Plant Biology/Univ of Illinois Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: spergularia.life.uiuc.edu May I ask why you *want* to reduced the CO2 levels? The only thing I can think of is that your experiments call for lower levels than you get by chance. In that case, forced ventilation is about the only reasonable choice that I can see. Otherwise, if biomass or rapid growth is what you would want, it seems that having elevated CO2 is desireable. Just curious In article , bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Dai Bevan) wrote: > What methods are used for reducing the co2 levels in a glass house, or > other semi-sealed enviroment. > > TIA DAI Bevan ************************************************************************** John Cheeseman "We haven't the money, Department of Plant Biology so we've got to think." University of Illinois -- Lord Rutherford (1962) Urbana IL 61801 USA From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!ticsa.com!ucthpx!uctvax.uct.ac.za!neilgrif From: neilgrif@uctvax.uct.ac.za (Neil Griffin) Newsgroups: bionet.plants,sci.bio Subject: Trianoptiles/amphicarpy refs Message-ID: <1994Jun15.105630.206997@uctvax.uct.ac.za> Date: 15 Jun 94 10:56:30 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 23 Xref: biosci bionet.plants:3409 sci.bio:9587 Hi netpeople I'm posting for a friend without internet access. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I've recently started research on an pseudo-amphicarpic plant, Trianoptiles. Can anyone recommend any recent references on amphicarpy generally, or the genus in particular? Please email any replies to neilgrif@uctvax.uct.ac.za Thanks Sue -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Griffin Tel: (+27-21) 650-3402 Botany Department Fax: (+27-21) 650-3726 University of Cape Town Internet: griffin@botany.uct.ac.za Private Bag neilgrif@uctvax.uct.ac.za 7700 Rondebosch RSA -------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!bnrgate!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!not-for-mail From: bmm1@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Bruce M. Marshall) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: help identifying caribbean tree Date: 15 Jun 1994 16:07:54 -0400 Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2tnn2q$j4o@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet3.scri.fsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have been collecting caribbean plants for about 10 years. I have a few that I have not been able to identify. There is one in particular I would love to find out what is. It is not in any of the books I have and the common name on the island it came from doesn't show up in a synopsis of Puerto Rican plants that I have although most plants from that area do. The common name is "bat tree". It has finger size catkins in it and at dusk bats swarm to these trees and land on the clusters of catkins. It has never been clear to me if the bats are eating some plant material or some insect attracted to the plant, but that's not important. They are not common but you will encounter them occasionly on the windward side of St. John USVI. The leaf shape and overall structure of the tree is much like a papaya starting with a single trunk and only branching in trees of about 10 to 15 feet. . The leaves are attached to the trunk by a 10 inch stem , also like the papaya.The leaves are 7 lobed but not quite as deeply as the papaya. Close examination of the leaves ends the papaya analogy. The leaves are hairy both on top and bottom and nearly white on the onder side. Any ideas? I could scan a leaf on a flatbead scanner and fax it if it would help. If you can figer this one out I have others. Thanks in advance. Bruce. -- Bruce M. Marshall bmm1@freenet.fsu.edu voice 615 481 0990 fax 615 481 8039 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk (Tony Travis) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Broccoli and phyllotaxis, need your email address Date: 15 Jun 1994 12:10:24 +0100 Organization: Rowett Research Institute Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2tmnj0$bud@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> References: <94614165143.~INN-PTDa00243.bionet-news@dl.ac.uk> Reply-To: ajt@rri.sari.ac.uk Apparently-To: Thomas R Stanley (tstanley@EDU.ColoState.lamar) wrote: : About a week ago I requested references on the mathematical treatment of : phyllotaxis. Whoever e-mailed me requesting I forward any interesting : responses (you were using the phyllotaxis of broccoli as an indicator or : response variable in some developmental studies), please send me your email : address. I accidently deleted your request. That sounds interesting! I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to hear more about this, so how about posting a summary of the interesting responses you've had about phyllotaxis? Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | JANET: Rowett Research Institute, | other: Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone: +44 (0)224 712751 Aberdeen, AB2 9SB. UK. | fax: +44 (0)224 715349 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!bt!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Julian Paul Robinson Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Field sampling of maize tissue for DNA Date: 15 Jun 1994 10:50:09 +0100 Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2tmish$7i3@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk On Tue, 7 Jun 1994, TINKER wrote: > I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience or ideas > on sampling plant (especially maize) tissue in the field for > future DNA extraction. > > Thanks, > Nick Tinker > tinker@agradm.lan.mcgill.ca > Without wishing to blow my own trumpet to much I suggest you read either of the following papers and the references contained within. Harris and Robinson (1994),Preservation of Tropical Plant Material for Molecular Analyses'. Proceedings of the 2nd DNA Bank-Net Meeting. Harris (1993), 'DNA analysis of tropical plant species: An assesment of different drying methods'. Plant Systematics and Evolution Both Harris and I were(are) working on woody tropical legumes, we needed DNA from taxa that we were unable to collect seed material from for temporal reasons, or from sterile hybrids. This led to us investigating methods of collecting leaf material in the field and preserving it until we could transport it back to the lab to extract the DNA. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: vachon@bio.grenet.fr (Gilles VACHON) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Roger PELLEN & Keith ROBERTS e-mails Date: 15 Jun 1994 10:21:45 +0100 Lines: 14 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2tmh79$5vc@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk Posted-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 11:20:56 +0000 Does anyone on the net know Roger PELLEN and/or Keith ROBERTS e-mail or addresses? thanks Dr. Gilles Vachon c/o Pr. MACHE Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire Vegetale CERMO, 3eme etage Universite J. Fourier, BP 53X 38041 GRENOBLE CEDEX FRANCE Tel: (33) 76 51 45 48 fax: (33) 76 51 43 36 e-mail: vachon@bio.grenet.fr From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!utnut!oci!wren.sunnybrook.utoronto.ca!krystyne From: krystyne@wren.sunnybrook.utoronto.ca Subject: Mosquito Plant Message-ID: <15JUN94.17162431@wren.sunnybrook.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@oci.utoronto.ca Organization: MIT PLASMA FUSION CENTER Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 22:16:24 GMT Lines: 11 Hello! Could anyone out there PLEASE help me. I recently heard of a certain type of plant that repels bugs such as mosquitos and blackflies I would really like to know the name of this plant and where I could get one of them. What is the mechanism that the plant uses to repel these insects (citronella?) and why do the bugs not like this interesting little plant? Please help! Million thanks, Krystyne From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!panix!cmcl2!yale.edu!yale!yale!usenet From: peter@carrot.mcb.uconn.edu Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: woops! Increasing co2 levels Date: 14 Jun 1994 22:55:27 GMT Organization: University of Connecticut Lines: 21 Message-ID: <2tlcgv$et@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: jpg.mcb.uconn.edu X-Newsreader: In article bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Dai Bevan) writes: >Well I must have been thinking about something else >when I posted about wanting to decrease co2 levels. > >I actually want to know the best way to increase the >enviromental co2 levels around plants in a sealed area, >not much use reducing the co2 levels. > >Thanks again. > Dai Bevan A low tech way that works for small gas spaces (e.g. culture vessels) is to use a CO2 buffer. I used 1.5M KHCO3 /.5M K2CO3 which according to Warburg and Krippahl (Z. Naturforsch. 15b, 364-367, 1960) is in equilibrium with 2.3 vol% CO2 in the gas phase. Good luck J. Peter Gogarten Univ. Of Connecticut Peter@carrot.mcb.uconn.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Message-ID: <003400Z15061994@anon.penet.fi> Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!anon.penet.fi Newsgroups: bionet.plants From: an24923@anon.penet.fi (Vampire Hunter D) X-Anonymously-To: bionet.plants Organization: Anonymous contact service Reply-To: an24923@anon.penet.fi Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 00:29:35 UTC Subject: don't read this, please Lines: 7 Does this thing work or Not? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi. Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin@anon.penet.fi. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!news.utdallas.edu!corpgate!bnrgate!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!freenet3.scri.fsu.edu!not-for-mail From: bmm1@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Bruce M. Marshall) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: woops! Increasing co2 levels Date: 15 Jun 1994 15:24:59 -0400 Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net Lines: 19 Message-ID: <2tnkib$7ju@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet3.scri.fsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dai Bevan (bevanda@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz) wrote: : Well I must have been thinking about something else : when I posted about wanting to decrease co2 levels. : I actually want to know the best way to increase the : enviromental co2 levels around plants in a sealed area, : not much use reducing the co2 levels. : Thanks again. : Dai Bevan Why not burn some propane or methane? There was an article in Scientific American on plant growth in elevated co2 environments within the last 5 years. See if you can find it. Bruce -- Bruce M. Marshall bmm1@freenet.fsu.edu voice 615 481 0990 fax 615 481 8039 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!sgigate.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!rodeo!tonyq From: tonyq@rodeo.csd.sgi.com (Tony Quilici) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Olive Tree Question Date: 15 Jun 1994 15:14:12 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <2tn5s4$3v4@fido.asd.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodeo.csd.sgi.com My wife and I have recently purchased a home in Mountain View, CA with a large olive tree in the backyard. It is a beautiful tree but makes one heck of a mess. We have been told that there is something you can spray on the tree to keep it from producing fruit. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this type of product, when it should be applied, what the cost is, where it can be purchased or any additional information. Thanks *************************** * Tony Quilici * * tonyq@csd.sgi.com * * Silicon Graphics, Inc. * *************************** From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Jun 14 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Malcolm Hawkesford Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: measuring OAS Date: 15 Jun 1994 17:27:17 +0100 Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2tna55$7p@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Sensitivity: Company-Confidential Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk (Non Receipt Notification Requested) (IPM Return Requested) (Reply Requested) Does anyone know how to seperate and detect (and therefore measure) O-acetyl serine (OAS) in plant extracts. This is a precursor in cysteine synthesis. In preference we would like some kind of HPLC or GC based method. One particular problem is the rapid spontaneous conversion to the N-acetylated form that occurs in solution, at alkaline pH. Thanks, Malcolm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RFC-822 : malcolm.hawkesford@BBSRC.AC.UK University of Bristol, X400 : G=MALCOLM; S=HAWKESFORD; O=BBSRC; P=UK; C=GB Long Ashton Research Tel : 0275-392181 ext:252 Station, Long Ashton, Fax : 0275-394281 Bristol, BS18 9AF, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 15 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!KTYHAWK!vinny From: vinny@vt.edu (Vinny) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: need source: waxy starch Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 04:23:10 GMT Organization: Chemistry Dept. -- Virginia Tech Lines: 6 Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.173.180.33 Keywords: starch, amylopectin, supplier X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Howdy... Does anyone know of a potential source for "waxy starch"? Supposedly, this is a starch that is 100% amylopectin. Variety doesn't really matter (i.e. maize, rice, etc.). Thanks for your help. Vince Hamner vinny@vt.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 15 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!kathpyle From: kathpyle@netcom.com (Katherine Pyle) Subject: Rare Fruit & Vegetable Enthusiasts Meet 6/25-26 Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 15:16:45 GMT Lines: 91 California Rare Fruit Growers ANNUAL MEETING June 25-26, 1994 Prusch Park (at US 101 & I-680/I-280) San Jose, California Saturday, June 25th --------------------- 8:30-9:30 Registration (register at the door - $10) 8:45-5:00 Plant & Book Sales 9:15-9:30 Welcome & Announcements 9:30-10:30 Kay Ryugo - Persimmon Culture, Cultivars & Usages 11:00-12:00 Joyce McClellan - Ornamental Edibles 12:00-2:00 Lunchtime Activities * Lunch (bring your own or purchase nearby) * Fruit tasting * Special interest discussion groups * Tour Prusch Park rare fruit plantings 12:30-1:30 Chapter Presidents Meeting 2:00-2:15 Remembrance of John Riley & Awards Presentation 2:15-3:15 Ray Jones - Images of Pawpaws 3:45-4:45 Roger Meyer - Jujube Finally Gets Some Respect After 150 Years in America 6:30-8:00 Dinner (join friends at one of 3 restaurants to enjoy good food and talk about rare fruits) Sunday, June 26th ------------------- 9:30-11:00 Tour of a large commercial stone-fruit Orchard 12:00-1:30 Tour of a major wholesale nursery 2:30-5:30 Home Gardens Tours in Santa Clara and Los Altos Hills. TO GET TO PRUSCH PARK --------------------- From US 101 -- Exit on Story Road East. Go 1 long block east. Turn left onto King Road. After 1/2 block, turn left into the park. From I-280 eastbound -- Exit at King Road. Turn right onto King Road. After 1 block, turn right into the park. From I-680 westbound -- Exit at King Road. Turn left onto King Road. After 1 block, turn right into the park. THE CALIFORNIA RARE FRUIT GROWERS --------------------------------- The California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is a non-profit group dedicated to the cultivation and preservation of unusual fruits and vegetables from every continent. Started in 1968, it is now the largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the world -- with members in 37 countries and 37 states, 16 chapters in California, a bi-monthly publication, a seed bank, a book service, and winter scion exchanges. Members include hobbyists, nurserymen, growers, country extension agents, researchers, university faculty, students, and more. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CRFG OR THE PRUSCH PARK MEETING ----------------------------------------------------------- E-mail them to Katherine Pyle at kathpyle@netcom.com -- kathpyle@netcom.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 15 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!nic.funet.fi!vsld.tuzvo.sk!kpl From: kpl@vsld.tuzvo.sk ("Katedra pest.lesa") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Forest Genetics Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 16:43:24 +0300 Organization: Finnish University and Research Network Lines: 50 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <199406161343.AA11148@vsld.tuzvo.sk> NNTP-Posting-Host: nic.funet.fi Originator: root@nic.funet.fi FOREST GENETICS The first issue of the new international journal FOREST GENETICS (ISSN 1335-048X) has been recently published. It contains 6 papers: Papageorgiou, A. C. - Panetsos, K. P. - Hattemer, H. H.: Genetic differentiation of natural Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.) populations in Greece Skroppa, T. - Lindgren, D.: Male fertility variation and non-random segregation in pollen mix crosses of Picea abies Huang, Y. - Tauer, C. G.: Integrative transformation of Pinus taeda L. and P. echinata Mill. by Agrobacterium tumefaciens Raddi, S. - Stefanini, F. M. - Camussi, A. - Giannini, R.: Forest decline index and genetic variability in Picea abies (Karst.) Kim, Z.-S. - Lee, S.-W. - Lim, J.-H. - Hwang, J.-W. - Kwon, K.-W.: Genetic diversity and structure of natural populations of Pinus koraiensis (Sieb. et Zucc.) in Korea Moreau, F. - Kleinschmit, J. - Kremer, A.: Molecular differentiation between Q. petraea and Q. robur assessed by random amplified DNA fragments Information on the publication of papers and subscription of the journal available at Editor-in-Chief L. Paule Editor-in-Chief Lesn!cka fakulta TU SK-96053 Zvolen, Slovakia fax: +42-855-22654 E-mail: paule@vsld.tuzvo.sk *************************************************************** This message was sent to forest@nic.funet.fi Usenet newsgroups bionet.plants, sci.bio.ecology, bit.listserv.biosph-l *************************************************************** From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Jun 15 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosc