From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!rat!zeus!tquirk From: tquirk@harp.aix.calpoly.edu (Tim P Quirk) Subject: test. ignore. Message-ID: <1994Sep02.043713.163523@zeus.aix.calpoly.edu> Sender: news@zeus.calpoly.edu Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Distribution: usa Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 04:37:13 GMT Lines: 1 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!news.uwa.edu.au!newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au!newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au!usenet From: Choon-Yee Hoh Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: REQ: some info on light intensity Date: 2 Sep 1994 07:07:34 GMT Organization: Murdoch Uni. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <346ivmINNrrc@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: biopc2.csu.murdoch.edu.au X-Newsreader: I am interested in finding out some information on the value of light intensity that are not available in most photosynthesis text book: 1) What are the intensities of the sun light in a typical summer morning (say 25 C) and afternoon (35 C)? 2) By how much is the light intensity reduced after passing through 2 - 3 metres of sea water? A formulae will be more appreciated. Thanks in advance. Choon-Yee HOH Biotechnology Murdoch Uni. email hoh@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!SAGE.CC.PURDUE.EDU!albino From: albino@SAGE.CC.PURDUE.EDU (albino maggio) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: From Nikolaus.Gotsch@agrar.uni-giessen.de Date: 2 Sep 1994 13:36:11 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9409022036.AA22130@sage.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net In relation to cocoa physiology, I would recommend you Bob Joly at Purdue University. He did some interestings stuies on water relation in cocoa. For detailed information please contact: Bob Joly Horticulture Dept., Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA phone 317 4946997 fax 317 4940391 email joly@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (this address might change in the future). Sincerely, Albino Maggio From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!opeo!pmsrs4.pms.ford.com!wojcik From: wojcik@pmsrs4.pms.ford.com (wojcik) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Tissue Culturing Pear Trees Date: 2 Sep 1994 19:11:56 GMT Organization: Ford Motor Company -- standard disclaimers apply Lines: 15 Message-ID: <347tdsINN49g@ope001.iao.ford.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pmsrs4.pms.ford.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I am looking for a commercial tissue-culturing company that would be willing to t-c some heritage pear trees. I have in mind a project to help commemorate the 300th birthday of Detroit, Mich. in the year 2001. There are some descendants of the original French pear trees brought to the area in the 1700s, and I am looking for a way to propagate them for public sale. Ideally, I would like to use the t-c approach, instead of the more tedious grafting option, i.e., grafting branches onto pear root stock. If anyone out there in Net-Land has info on a company that knows about t-c'ing fruit trees, I'd appreciate a note back. Thanks much. - Al Wojcik Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zib-berlin.de!rs1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de!news.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de!usenet From: Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Fwd:Ethnobotany/Germany Date: Fri, 2 Sep 94 19:15:03 +0200 Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf Lines: 25 Message-ID: <79759.schmidtt@mail.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.99.236.35 X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_16 X-POPMail-Charset: English Answer to W. Roland Leatherwood who wrote >I am looking for information to start a research project on the use and >folklore surrounding the use of plants in Germany. The project concentrates on >the Baden W >the Baden W rtenberg region. Currently I need contacts. If anyone can help >please respond. > > Hochachtungsvoll, > > W. Roland Leatherwood Hi, there, I wonder how you got the idea to start a project on Ethnobotany in Germany. I thought ethnobotanists were concentrating their interest on tropical rainforests. Anyhow, please specify, what exactly you are interested in. Maybe I can help you with some information about the Baden-Wuerttembergian jungles or even the pampas of the river Rhine region.(I am a pharmacist working on medicinal plants). Many greetings, T.J. Schmidt schmidtt@mail.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!skyfox.usask.ca!shiell From: shiell@skyfox.usask.ca (KEVIN SHIELL) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: RE: safe insecticides in atrium w/ birds? Date: 2 SEP 94 09:29:05 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 2 Message-ID: <2SEP94.09290547@skyfox.usask.ca> References: <1994Aug24.174723.12115@guvax> NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca mammels. Hope this is helpful. K. Shiell From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UTXVMS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU!bois073 From: bois073@UTXVMS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU (Bob Jansen) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: RE:Faculty position in Plant Development at UT-Austin Date: 2 Sep 1994 06:56:47 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 12 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <28448.bois073@ORANGE.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The Department of Botany, University of Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track position in plant development at the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR level, to begin fall 1995. We are particularly interested in applicants whose research investigates molecular and structural aspects of plant development using genetically tractable species. The successful applicant will be expected to develop a vigorous research program, obtain external funding, and teach graduate and undergraduate students. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, the names of three references, and three to five reprints to: Dr. James Mauseth, Search Committee, Department of Botany, University of Texas, Austin TX 78713 by October 15 1994. UT-Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Bob Jansen From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!umbadiu0 From: umbadiu0@cc.umanitoba.ca (Ted Badiuk) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Effect of Sound/Music on plants Date: 2 Sep 1994 21:55:16 GMT Organization: The University of Manitoba Lines: 9 Message-ID: <348704$8sk@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mira.cc.umanitoba.ca Hi there, Could somebody please direct me to any information concerning the effect of Sound/Music on plants? Thanks, Ted From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!UTXVMS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU!bois073 From: bois073@UTXVMS.CC.UTEXAS.EDU (Bob Jansen) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: RE:Faculty position in Plant Development at UT-Austin Date: 2 Sep 1994 03:45:29 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <16967.bois073@ORANGE.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (This file must be converted with BinHex) :#P"-9%4&9Lj8@&3!9%9B9%eA58N!N!3$I3#3"%Q#8%a"6P3J4%9@48a28%e&6P3 0$99159C&8P0*9&NJ6dBJ9%9B39-X)%&98e4*6Jf3!`P8D'8J4'9`BA*dE@9ZG#" [CL"#Eh4KERNX)&9ZDACPFR0TG(NJEfBJ9'9iBA-X)'PZGQPdCA-JBA"`E'PMBA4 TEfjc)'C[FL"K)(4PER9bC5edFQ&MDb"`Eh0TG'P[EL"TEL"`E'&ZG#"NCACPE'p `E@9ZG#"KG#"dD'8J3906590838j8)&"56dC&8e028L"XCACPE#`JG'mJBQ9RD@i J4Q&XE#!a16Ne,L!J9f8JBA*P)("KFR4TBh9XBA*XH5"TER4PFQ9cG'9N)'PZ)'& `F'aTBf&ZG(-JGfK[Ff8JFQ9cC@&bBfJJD@jfCA0dD@GKG'9c)'e[E'9MG@aKFL" KEQ3JFh4bG@0dGA*KE#"KFh"PBh4c)'pQ)("XB@jd)'4PGQ9XEh"YC@jd)(9cD@j R)'GPEQ9dD@0KE'aj)(4bB@0dB@*XC5"cF'9MD@9c,L!J9'KP)(0eBf0PFh0QG@` JBA"`E'PMB@jd)(GTE'`JBQ8JCAK`C@0dC@3JG'mJC'9fC@a[F#"K)(CTCfpbEh9 c)(*PFf9KFQ0S)("bEfGbB@dX)'pLG'&TEL"PH(4PFQjKE#"QG@jND@jR,#"KEQ3 JG'9KBfJJCh*KC(9KG'8JB@jN)(9ZC'9bCh*KC(9KG'8JFh4eC'9ZG(-Z)#""F(" XD@0KER4c)(0SEh9XC#"cC@jN)'0eFR*TBh9XG@dJGQPdB@8X)(0dBA4PE@9ZG#" [CL"bCA0PBA*MD#"KEQ3JG'9KBfKTEQFJD@jdCA*PFh4c,#"dD'8JEQ&YCA-JEfB JG'KbC@8JFQ9QCA*PEQ0PFb`JB@jN)(4SFQ9P)(4[)'CTGQ8JFQ9`FQPZG(-JG'm J4()Z)%TKE@9c)%eKGA0PG'JX)&0PBA*MD#"$EfeYDA4dC@8X)%4PF'&bG'ePER3 JEfBJ3QpdB@jj,#"9EQPfCA*cDA4j)'pQ)&4PH'&c,#""GA0dD@iX)&4B)#!h1$F a-b"LH5"2Bh4[BQ9b)$%e,#!a16Nd,L!J993Y3A9cG'PZ)'Pc)'&Z)%&QCQPbE@& dDACP)%&MG'P[ELp&FA9KE#"2F("[FR4eEQPdH5"PEA"XEhPPFLi0N"9"*!!!!3) $": Bob Jansen From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!acsc.com!bengal.oxy.edu!cc.oxy.edu!not-for-mail From: thanatos@oxy.edu (Gerardo Suner) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Need help Badly.. Date: 1 Sep 1994 17:32:55 -0700 Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <940901.173254.22526@cougar.cc.oxy.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cougar.cc.oxy.edu Ok guys.. I really need help badly on this.. I am having a hell of a time finding out the more general name for the following.. Macrocystis Pyrifera (which I found out to be an algae) and Plocamium Violaceum (which I have no damn idea what it is) I have tried a lot of research (about 4 hours in the library and found nothing).. If any of you could help me a little, or let me know what the things are I would really appreciate it.. Jerry PS. Thanks for any help.. Ohh and if it is ok, can you guys send your replies through mail? Thanks. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 01 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CUE.BC.CA!aceska From: aceska@CUE.BC.CA (Adolf Ceska) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: BEN # 78 Date: 2 Sep 1994 14:26:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 234 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199409022030.NAA12772@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. 78 September 2, 1994 aceska@freenet.victoria.bc.ca Victoria, B.C. ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr. A. Ceska, P.O.Box 8546, Victoria, B.C. Canada V8W 3S2 ----------------------------------------------------------- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA) BRITISH COLUMBIA UPDATE - AUGUST, 1994 From: Roy Cranston In 1991, following rigorous host specificity testing, North American federal governments approved the introduction of natural agents to attack purple loosestrife. The three agents approved for release in Canada are a root-feeding beetle (Hylobius transversovittatus) and two leaf-feeding beetles (Galerucella calamariensis and Galerucella pusilla). The initial B.C. release of G. calamariensis took place in June, 1993 at the Canadian Wildlife Service property on Westham Is- land. Subsequent releases were made to Jericho Park in Van- couver, Burnaby Lake, the Vedder wetlands at Chilliwack, Cheam Lake and at the Okanagan Drainage Canal at Penticton. Monitoring has proven successful establishment at most locations evidenced by presence of adults, larvae, eggs and feeding damage on the leaves. Releases of G. calamariensis continued this spring with intro- ductions to the Fraser River shoreline in east Richmond, Bound- ary Bay, Penticton and Kootenay Lake. The second leaf-feeding agent, Galerucella pusilla was introduced to Campbell River and the Kelowna area in June. The Hylobius root beetle was released to Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond in July. All bioagents have been supplied from propagation facilities managed by Agriculture Canada at Lethbridge, Alberta. Agencies currently involved in releasing loosestrife bioagents include the Minis- tries of Agriculture, Forests and Environment, U.B.C., City of Burnaby, Okanagan-Similkameen, Greater Vancouver and Fraser- Cheam Regional Districts and the Chilliwack, North Cowichan and Okanagan Naturalist Clubs. Monitoring to determine survival and impact of all agents will occur over the next several years. The purpose for these initial introductions is to establish large colonies of insects that can be used for collection sites for eventual redistribution throughout the B.C. range of purple loosestrife. In its native European habitat, purple loosestrife is rapidly controlled by natural insect agents. Once the insects ac- climatize and begin reproducing, there is a high probability for successful reduction of British Columbia's increasing purple loosestrife populations. Roy Cranston Provincial Weed Specialist B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food FLORA NORTH AMERICA GOPHER & WORLD WIDE WEB From: Flora of North America Newsletter 8(3):21. [abbrev.] Many useful Flora of North America files are now available on the Missouri Botanical Garden gopher (gopher.mobot.org). In addition to all taxonomic information from Volume 2, and several sample illustration images, chapters from Volume 1 have been put up and can be searched for words or word strings. The gopher files are also available via the World Wide Web (WWW) server. The URL (Universal Record Locator) for the Missouri Botanical Garden WWW home page is: http://straylight.tamu edu/MoBot/welcome.html BOOK REVIEW: INTERMOUNTAIN FLORA VOLUME 5 - ASTERALES From: R.T. Ogilvie, Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria, B.C. The newest volume of the Intermountain Flora, the Asteraceae, has just come out in July this year. The author, of course, is Arthur Cronquist, the high-priest of the Asteraceae in North America. In one sense this book is a memorial volume to Arthur Cronquist since he died in March 1992 while he was making the finishing touches to this manuscript. But since then a lot of editing and other work has taken place to bring this volume into print. The Intermountain Flora is very relevant to botanists in British Columbia. Often one can gain a better understanding of a local species from its features and behaviour in other parts of its geographic range. We are at the northern extremity of both the Pacific Northwest region and also the Intermountain region. The Intermountain region is the arid area lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade-Sierra Nevada Mountains, and with vegetation largely dominated by sagebrush and chenopods such as shadscale, greasewood, and winterfat. Although the northern boundary of coverage of the Flora runs along southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho, members of this arid flora extend well into the dry interior of British Columbia along the southern Similkameen, Okanagan, Thompson, Kettle, and Kootenay Valleys. The Intermountain region is the centre of species diversity for several genera and families, for example: Astragalus has 156 species, Penstemon has 104 species, Phacelia with 50 species, Eriogonum with ca. 70 species, and Gilia with 33 species. The Asteraceae is the largest family, with 130 genera; Artemisia has 27 species, Chrysothamnus has 17 species, Haplopappus 35 species, Erigeron 71 species, and Townsendia with 15 species. The book is not arranged alphabetically by genus and species as in the Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. The Aster Family is divided into seven Tribes, and within each Tribe the genera are grouped into Subtribes, and the species are ordered within the genera by morphological similarity. This makes sense morphologically and taxonomically; plants like Tragopogon, Sonchus, Hieracium, Crepis, and Taraxacum are found together rather than being separated by the alphabet. But if you don't know that these plants are closely related and are in the Tribe Lactuceae, then they may be hard to find in the book. There is a key to the Tribes, and within each Tribe there are keys to Subtribes and genera; there is also an artificial key to go directly to genus. The index is essential if one wants to find, for example, Artemisia to key out a specimen, or if one wants to go to Artemisia cana to find its distribution range. Cronquist's taxonomic concepts will be familiar to users of Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. His genera are broad and conventional and so are his species. In general there are few changes from his 1955 treatment in Volume 5 of Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Chrysopsis villosa is main- tained separate from Heterotheca, and Chrysanthemum leucanthemum is maintained for oxeye-daisy instead of splitting it off into the perennial Leucanthemum. But Solidago is segregated into Euthamia (for E. graminifolia, E. occidentalis). Aster is segregated into Machaeranthera (for M. canescens), but other Aster-segregate genera are not used, such as Lasallea falcata or Virgulus for the pansus-ericoides-campestris complex. The variety rank is used for morphological variation within species correlated with different habitats or different geographic ranges. For example, Chrysothamnus nauseosus has 20 regional or ecological varieties. Cronquist occasionally uses both subspecies and varieties to deal with the pattern of variability in complex species. For the common subalpine-daisy - Erigeron peregrinus, the Intermountain populations are sub- species callianthemus consisting of variety callianthemus, var. scaposus, var. angustifolius (the Coastal populations are sub- species peregrinus, consisting of variety peregrinus, var. thompsonii, var. dawsonii). A similar infraspecific hierarchy is used for the pattern of variation in Artemisia ludoviciana: the northern populations are subspecies ludoviciana, consisting of variety ludoviciana, var. latiloba, var. incompta; the southern populations are subspecies mexicana variety mexicana, var. albula (and 2 other varieties further south). Some patterns of species variation, especially those involving apomixis and polyploid complexes, are not given taxonomic recog- nition. This is the situation in several species-complexes in Antennaria and also Taraxacum. According to Cronquist there are only 2 native species of Taraxacum in the Intermountain Region and the Pacific Northwest (T. ceratophorum, T. lyratum); all other native species reported for these areas are reduced to synonyms under these two species. Populations with other dif- ferences in achene morphology, involucre bracts, and leaf-lobing are not recognised. As a consequence much taxonomic and phytogeographic information is lost by reducing all this diver- sity to 2 species. There has been recent detailed research on the circumpolar and northern European Taraxaca, in which the multitude of apomictic and polyploid microspecies are combined into a manageable number of related Species Groups, and these in turn are grouped into a small number of Sections. This approach has been successfully applied to the arctic and polar Taraxaca of North America; it should be used in the cordilleran and intermountain floras. The printing quality of the Intermountain Flora is very high standard, as is true for all of the New York Botanical Garden publications. The Asterales book is big, 500 pages. Several botanical artists prepared the plant illustrations: John Rumely who did all of the illustrations for the Asteraceae of the Vol. 5 of Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, and all of the new illustrations were drawn by Bobbi Angell, Anthony Salazar and Robin Jess. The art work is very fine, but the printing quality of some of the new illustrations is disappointing: some of the fine details of the bracts, achenes and pappus are lost through fading or blurring. A lot of additional work went into bringing Cronquist's manuscript into print: besides the three additional artists, Noel H. Holmgren and Patricia K. Holmgren added 48 new synonyms and a list of 20 new taxa, and a lot of editorial work was done by a number of botanists. This big, handsome book on the Compositae is an appropriate memorial to Arthur Cronquist; it will be used by botanists for years to come. The following is the information for the published parts of the Intermountain Flora: Volume 1: Geological and botanical History, Plant Geography, Vascular Cryptogams, gymnosperms, Glossary. By A. Cronquist, A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, and J.L. Reveal. 1972. 270 pages. $32.00. Volume 3, Part B: Fabales. By R.C. Barneby. 1989. 292 pages. $58.00. Volume 4: The Asteridae Except the Asterales (Gentianales, Solanales, Lamiales, Callitrichales, Plantaginales, Scrophulariales, Campanulales, Rubiales, Dipsacales). By A. Cronquist, A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. 1984. 573 pages. $75.00. Volume 5: Asterales. By A. Cronquist. 1994. 506 pages. $75.00. Volume 6: The Monocotyledons. By A. Cronquist, A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. 1977. 584 pages. $40.00. Published by: the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. 10458-5126. [A 25% discount is given when ordering all 5 pub- lished volumes of the flora: $210.00]. The parts of the flora remaining to be published are: Volume 2: The Magnoliidae, Hamamelidae, Caryophyllidae, and Dilleniidae. Key to the families of dicotyledons, and Comprehen- sive Index for the six volumes. Volume 3, Part A: The Rosidae. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Sep 02 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!guber From: guber@netcom.com (Gordon T. Uber) Subject: Re: REQ: some info on light intensity Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <346ivmINNrrc@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 15:24:32 GMT Lines: 28 Hi, Sea water attenuation from Illuminating Engineering Society of NOrth America, 5th edition: Transmittance/meter (at Morrison Springs, FL): 400 nm: .92 500 nm: .97 550 nm: .96 600 nm: .83 650 nm: .74 700 nm: .58 Plankton and pollution reduce this: Long Island Sound: 550 nm: 0.48 Solar illumination varies with time of day, season, latitude. For midsummer noon, 30 deg. north: 8900 foot candles For midwinter noon: 7700 foot candles Also consider light from the sky. Feel free to ask further questions.. Full title: IES Lighting Handbook Gordon Uber From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Are there any Computer Keys for Identifying Plants? Date: 3 Sep 1994 22:07:08 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 19 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34ba4c$pgq@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2uaf7r$35e@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2uaf7r$35e@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, bear@helium.Gas.UUG.Arizona.EDU (Soaring Bear) writes: Hi: Does anyone know of any computer software to key out identifying plants? Any region will do. thanks bear - - - - - - - - - - - I am attempting to construct a key to identify trees in HyperCard (on the Macintosh platform). I'm currently working on Acer. I have limited Internet access (messages only, as far as I know). I will be happy to share my work with anyone who can help me obtain raw data on tree species, and I would of course like to know if I am duplicating the efforts of others. T. Gray Shaw tgray@aol.com gray_shaw@bmug.org (faster) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: What common name for Brassica rapa? Date: 3 Sep 1994 23:21:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34beet$qi0@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2vh8nt$b0q@triton.unm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2vh8nt$b0q@triton.unm.edu>, dkim@unm.edu writes: Well, the tagline says it all. Is this a mustard or a cabbage or something else? _Hortus Third_ lists several common names for Brassica Rapa (the sp. epithet is capitalized in this species): There is a Chinensis Group called Pak-choi and Celery Mustard; a Pekinensis Group called Pe-Tsai, Chinese Cabbage, and Celery Cabbage; a Perviridis Group called Tendergreen and Spinach; a Rapifera Group called Turnip, Seven-top Turnip, and Rapini; and a Ruvo Group called Ruvo Kale, Turnip Broccoli, Italian Turnip, and Broccoli Raab. Gray Shaw From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!ava.bcc.orst.edu!postmanj From: postmanj@ava.bcc.orst.edu (Joseph Postman) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Effect of Sound/Music on plants Date: 4 Sep 1994 03:36:40 GMT Organization: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Lines: 13 Message-ID: <34bfc8$23j@gaia.ucs.orst.edu> References: <348704$8sk@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ava.bcc.orst.edu Back in the 70's there were a few books that appeared in the psychic, pseudo-science vein relating to plants. I suspect that P. Tompkins and C. Bird's SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS should have some amusing information and citations. I seem to remember a "carefully controlled" study that compared the effects of classical music and rock-and-roll music on the growth/health of plants. Do I remember correctly that one group of vegetable seedlings began smoking pot, and became etiolated? Which musical treatment, I don't recall! ;^) JP From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!kaos.deepcove.com!kaos.deepcove.com!not-for-mail From: alexking@deepcove.com (Alex King) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Are there any Computer Keys for Identifying Plants? Date: 4 Sep 1994 15:27:32 -0600 Organization: DeepCove BBS Lines: 33 Message-ID: <34de44$42e@kaos.deepcove.com> References: <2uaf7r$35e@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> <34ba4c$pgq@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.deepcove.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) tgray@aol.com (TGray) writes: >In article <2uaf7r$35e@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, >bear@helium.Gas.UUG.Arizona.EDU (Soaring Bear) writes: >Hi: Does anyone know of any computer software to key >out identifying plants? Any region will do. >thanks >bear >- - - - - - - - - - - >I am attempting to construct a key to identify trees in HyperCard (on the >Macintosh platform). I'm currently working on Acer. I have limited >Internet access (messages only, as far as I know). I will be happy to >share my work with anyone who can help me obtain raw data on tree species, >and I would of course like to know if I am duplicating the efforts of >others. >T. Gray Shaw >tgray@aol.com >gray_shaw@bmug.org (faster) The Intkey Software developed by Mike Dallowitz in Australia already does this and is the standard. For infomation contact: CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO BOx 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia. Phone: 61-6 246 4075; Fdax: 61 6 246 6000. You can also access this program and the other DELTA (descroptive language for taxonomy) datasets, including all the angiosperm families in the world through anonymous FTP at Cornell University- muse.bio.cornell.edu Cheers, Alex King alex.king@deepcove.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 03 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!nac.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Ref. to Identify plants Date: 3 Sep 1994 23:34:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 20 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34bf79$qo2@search01.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article , grantr@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Grant E. Rostig, D.C.) writes: Does anyone know of a good and scholarly book covering the identification of American plants? Must have good pictures/drawings. I have seen the Peterson Guides. Thanks - - - - - - - - - - - Since you live in Minnesota, I can recommend an excellent text for the Eastern U.S. extending to the western boundary of Minnesota: Gleason, Henry and Arthur Cronquist, _Manual of Vascular Plants_. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1963. This was my college Taxonomy textbook. Unfortunately, it has no pictures, but you can't get a better book on identification. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!ugle.unit.no!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Scott Ray Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: TRYING TO LOCATE Randy Allen, PhD. Date: Mon, 5 Sep 94 04:27:31 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 8 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com Can anyone help me locate Randy Allen, alumnus of TAMU in about 1985? Last I heard, he was teaching at a university in Lubbock. Thanks for any help you can provide in locating this long lost freind. Scott Ray From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.ACO.net!swidir.switch.ch!nedcu0!bohernandez From: Jorge.Hernandez@bota.unine.ch Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: RUBISCO small subunit cDNA(s) Message-ID: <1994Sep5.152654.2851@nedcu0> Date: 5 Sep 94 15:26:54 MET Organization: University of Neuchatel, Switzerland Lines: 14 I am looking for cDNA clones coding for the precursor of the SPINACH rubisco small subunit. Could anyone help me to get such clones? Thank you in advance for your help!!!!!! Dr. L.Bovet E-mail: Jorge.hernandez@bota.unine.ch Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale Université de Neuchâtel Emile Argand 13 2007 Neuchâtel SWITZERLAND FAX (038) 23 22 71 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!CORNELL.EDU!lvk1 From: lvk1@CORNELL.EDU ("Leon Kochian") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Post Doc Position Available Date: 5 Sep 1994 11:41:38 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <52984.lvk1@cornell.edu> Reply-To: lvk1@cornell.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Postdoctoral Position U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 A postdoctoral position is available immediately to study the molecular biology and cellular physiology of K+ transport in higher plants. We have cloned a series of plant K+ transporters and are currently studying these transporters in order to better understand the mechanisms and regulation of K+ transport into and within the plant. The successful candidate will join the laboratory of Dr. Leon Kochian at Cornell University and will be involved in collaborative research with the laboratory of Dr. William Lucas at the University of California, Davis. Research to be undertaken entails the characterization of these transporters using classical molecular methods and heterologous expression systems (e.g. Xenopus oocytes and yeast). The applicant must have expertise in fundamental molecular biological techniques such as Northern analysis, DNA sequencing, gene cloning techniques, PCR, and plant transformation. Additionally, experience in site-directed mutagenesis, in situ hybridization, fusion protein methodologies or antisense analysis is highly desirable. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, a letter describing their research experience and interests, and the names and phone numbers of three references to Dr. Leon Kochian, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; phone number: 607-255-2454; Fax: 607-255-2459; Email address: lvk1@cornell.edu. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: PVANGRG@ix.netcom.com (Paul Atkins) Newsgroups: bionet.jobs,ba.jobs.offered,bionet.plants,sci.bio.ecology Subject: Internship with NPS, San Francisco Area, 2nd posting Date: 5 Sep 1994 20:04:18 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 1 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34ftk2$1a4@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf3-07.ix.netcom.com Xref: biosci bionet.jobs:5538 ba.jobs.offered:25633 bionet.plants:3957 sci.bio.ecology:4698 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: PVANGRG@ix.netcom.com (Paul Atkins) Newsgroups: bionet.jobs,ba.jobs.offered,bionet.plants,sci.bio.ecology Subject: National Park Service Internship, San Francisco, 2nd posting Date: 5 Sep 1994 20:05:47 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 55 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34ftmr$1ad@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf3-07.ix.netcom.com Xref: biosci bionet.jobs:5539 ba.jobs.offered:25634 bionet.plants:3958 sci.bio.ecology:4699 Natural Resource Intern Opportunities with the National Park Service Program: Site Stewardship Program Title: Restoration Research Intern Overview: Under the Site Stewardship Program, teams of volunteers take on the ecological restoration and long-term guardianship of sensitive natural areas within the GGNRA. In addition to ecological restoration, stewards engage in public outreach, interpretation and education. They explore the land and its problems, develop management plans and put these plans into action. Duties include all or some of the following: A. Research and document technical questions relating to restoration strategies and methods, particularly those which arise in the planning or implementation of management plans for stewardship sites. Examples include research on the best method of protecting a rare or endangered species on a site; collection of articles and papers on restoration work completed within similar types of communities; and other related restoration questions. C. Upkeep of the natural resource volunteer library which includes the research and recommendation of new titles and the tracking of books and journals which have been checked out. B. Assist with design and writing of documents, brochures, newsletter, articles, etc. E. Assist stewards on gathering baseline data for their sites. F. Assist in the development of a Stewardship Manual. G. Maintain daily journal with routine observations, work completed, and general information. H. Provide assistance to other natural resource staff if time provides. Qualifications: 1. Must have educational background or experience in the natural sciences, horticulture, ecology, botany or other related fields. 2. Willingness to work flexible hours and perform manual labor under variable weather conditions. 3. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Experience working with groups of people helpful. 4. A strong interest in the restoration of natural systems. Internship Term: October 1st, 1994 to May 31st, 1994. Some flexibility exists. All positions are temporary and offer a small stipend. College credit available and positions may be eligible for work-study programs through a University or College. To apply: Send resume to Sue Gardner, Program Coordinator, Site Stewardship Program, Ft. Mason, Bldg. 102, San Francisco, CA 94123. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: PVANGRG@ix.netcom.com (Paul Atkins) Newsgroups: bionet.jobs,ba.jobs.offered,bionet.plants,sci.bio.ecology Subject: National Park Service Internship, San Francisco Area, 2nd post Date: 5 Sep 1994 20:02:51 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 52 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34fthb$19o@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sf3-07.ix.netcom.com Xref: biosci bionet.jobs:5537 ba.jobs.offered:25632 bionet.plants:3956 sci.bio.ecology:4697 Natural Resource Intern Opportunities with the National Park Service Program: Site Stewardship Program Title: Ecological Restoration Intern Overview: Under the Site Stewardship Program, teams of volunteers take on the ecological restoration and long-term guardianship of sensitive natural areas within the GGNRA. In addition to ecological restoration, stewards engage in public outreach, interpretation and education. They explore the land and its problems, develop management plans and put these plans into action. Duties include some or all of the following: A. Assist stewards with the creation and implementation of management plans and activities at stewardship sites. B. Plan and implement one educational mini course per month. C. Assist Program Coordinator with the design and implementation of large training workshops. D. Assist in the of evaluations for training courses. E. Assist with development of revegetation plans for plots within stewardship sites. F. Assist both nursery managers and site stewards with plant propagation at nursery facilities. G. Assist in assessing and planning nursery capabilities and needs for stewardship sites. H. Assist in the coordination of work groups at each stewardship site. I. Maintain daily journal with routine observations, work completed, and general information. Qualifications: 1. Must have educational background or experience in the natural sciences, horticulture, ecology, botany or other related fields. 2. Willingness to work flexible hours and perform manual labor under variable weather conditions. 3. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Experience working with groups of people helpful. 4. A strong interest in the restoration of natural systems. Internship Term: October 1st, 1994 to May 31st, 1994. Some flexibility exists. All positions are temporary and offer a small stipend. College credit available and positions may be eligible for work-study programs through a University or College. To apply: Send resume to Sue Gardner, Program Coordinator; Site Stewardship Program; Ft. Mason, Bldg. 102; San Francisco, CA 94123. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!LIFE.POSTECH.AC.KR!jockey From: jockey@LIFE.POSTECH.AC.KR (......!......) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: light on shoot development Date: 5 Sep 1994 07:35:18 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 18 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9209041433.AA15792@life.postech> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hello, I am a graduate student in South Korea. I`m studying shoot development of Arabidopsis thaliana. And now I have a problem. One of my shoot mutant have changed its phynotype during spring and summer. I think it may be induced by environmental factor and major environmental factor should be light. However, I have no information about the change of light quality and light quantity during spring, summer and fall, especially the ratio of red and far-red light. Could somebody please direct me to any information about it? Thanks, Yang-Seok From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 04 23:00:00 1994 From: Jack.Honeycutt@f52.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Jack Honeycutt) Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!armon!jina!fredmail Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Victoria Waterlily seeds wanted Message-ID: <778790467.AA00858@jina.rain.com> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 1994 11:02:38 -0800 X-FTN-To: All Lines: 18 Hello All! I have just compleated building a large pond with the idea of growing the Victoria waterlily. I still have to build the pump house and install the solar and the modified swimming pool heater. But the gas, power and all the piping are roughed into the pump house sight. Victoria amazonica may be a bit much for me to start off with. I am thinking that what I need may be V cruziana. I think (but do not know for sure) that the Longwood variety does not produce fertile seeds. But if it does, I would like to give that, as well as the V cruziana a try. I am in Portland Oregon, and contrary to what you might think, we do have a few 100 degree days here and there during the summer. And I know a variety of Victoria is growing in unheated pools in the Denver Botanical Garden, and they get more snow than we do. I would like to exchange information with anyone having experence growing any variety of this waterlily. August and September are times for seeds, so if you have a few to spare, I am looking for some. Thanks! Jack From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!swiss.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!mole.bio.cam.ac.uk!jat From: jat@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk (Jutta Tuerck (Genetics)) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: searching for tobacco library Date: 6 Sep 1994 17:11:19 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 4 Message-ID: <34i7rn$imt@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mole.bio.cam.ac.uk I am looking for a Nicotiana tabacum genomic library. Does anyone have one that I could borrow for a screen ? Please e-mail me at jat@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk. Jutta Tuerck, Dept. of Genetics, Cambridge University, UK. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 05 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: Thomas_Bjorkman@cornell.edu (Thomas Bjorkman) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Effect of Sound/Music on plants Followup-To: bionet.plants Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1994 07:54:40 -0500 Organization: Cornell University Lines: 11 Sender: tnb1@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: References: <348704$8sk@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.236.4.202 In article <348704$8sk@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>, umbadiu0@cc.umanitoba.ca (Ted Badiuk) wrote: Could somebody please direct me to any information concerning the effect > of Sound/Music on plants? The Talking Heads played moderately loud was one of the treatments studied in Braam, J. and R. Davis. 1990. Rain- wind- and touch-induced expression of calmodulin and calmodulin-related enes in Arabidopsis. Cell 60:357-364. -- Thomas Bjorkman Dept. of Horticultural Sciences Cornell University From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MUDSPRING.UPLB.EDU.PH!rar From: rar@MUDSPRING.UPLB.EDU.PH ("Ramon A. Razal") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: classification of Leguminosae species Date: 5 Sep 1994 17:11:40 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I am confused as to the current status of classification of plant species belonging to Family Leguminosae. The system we have adopted in our Wood Identification course is to classify species previously considered to belong to the one big family Leguminosae as members of either Family Fabaceae, Family Mimosaceae, or Family Caesalpiniaceae. Is this correct under current classification schemes? The reason for this inquiry is that many recent books I came across with do not seem to subscribe to the 3-family scheme that I have come to learn from my teachers here in the Philippines. I'll appreciate suggestions for references, but more direct replies will be more welcome as I do not have as much access to current literature where I am now (Philippines). Thanks a lot. Ramon A. Razal Dept. of Wood Science and Technology UPLB College of Forestry College, Laguna 4031 PHILIPPINES From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: larry1702@aol.com (Larry1702) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Teosinte library Date: 5 Sep 1994 22:05:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34giod$5ru@search01.news.aol.com> References: <9408251517.AA12353@unlinfo.unl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <9408251517.AA12353@unlinfo.unl.edu>, ra@UNLINFO.UNL.EDU (raul arredondopeter) writes: Teosinte is thought to be part of "corn's ancestry- I don't think we have an absolute- there is good information in "Corn and Corn Improvement" Edited by G.F.Sprague, American Society of Agronomy 1977 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 05 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: vachon@bio.grenet.fr (Gilles VACHON) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: PCR-generated cDNA bank Date: 6 Sep 1994 10:30:46 +0100 Lines: 19 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34hcs6$b8f@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: vachon@bio.grenet.fr (Unverified) Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk Posted-Date: Tue, 6 Sep 1994 11:30:50 -0500 Hi all, I am planning on making a cDNA bank from few amont of plant tissue. Does anyone have ever tried to make such a bank already ? From looking at the litterature, it doesn't sound so obvious... Any helpful hint/references are welcome. Thanks Gilles Vachon Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire Vegetale CERMO, 3eme etage Universite J. Fourier, BP 53X 38041 GRENOBLE CEDEX FRANCE Tel: (33) 76 51 48 92 fax: (33) 76 51 43 36 e-mail: vachon@bio.grenet.fr From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 From: Jack.Honeycutt@f52.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Jack Honeycutt) Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!armon!jina!fredmail Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Are there any Computer Keys for Identifying Plants? Message-ID: <778905034.AA00895@jina.rain.com> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1994 12:07:12 -0800 X-FTN-To: Alex King Lines: 14 Hello Alex! 04 Sep 94 16:27, Alex King wrote to All: >> Hi: Does anyone know of any computer software to key >> out identifying plants? Any region will do. >> thanks >> bear I have two keys called PC Taxon and ASKATAYA. The cover bryophytes (mosses) and lichens. You can call my BBS and down load them. They are in the BOTANY file area. I support 28.8K and all other dial up speeds. The phone number of the BBS is 1-503-735-3074 (The Garden Pond BBS in Portland Oregon). Jack From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: vachon@bio.grenet.fr (Gilles VACHON) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Flipase in plants ? Date: 7 Sep 1994 13:37:56 +0100 Lines: 16 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34kc74$1vj@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk Posted-Date: Wed, 7 Sep 94 14:41:39 +0200 Hi all, Does anyone know if the flipase system works also in plant cells? I have heard of some experiments going on pretty well but can't remember which lab. 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 48 92 fax: (33) 76 51 43 36 e-mail: vachon@bio.grenet.fr From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!dns1.NMSU.Edu!nmsu.edu!kboykin From: kboykin@nmsu.edu (Ken Boykin) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Plants requiring standing water Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 08:33:36 Organization: New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Lines: 31 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc-fwscoop2.nmsu.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Does anybody have any information on the water requirements of the following genera (ie standing surface water year round, saturated soil year round etc): Carex Eleocharis Fourena Mimmulus Salix Typha Cledium Cyperus Eustomis Lobelia Samulus Scurpus Zannachellia Cerpus Thanks in advance, Cheers, Ken Boykin Research Specialist New Mexico Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit New Mexico State University kboykin@nmsu.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Are there any Computer Keys for Identifying Plants? Date: 7 Sep 1994 02:45:05 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 18 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34jnhh$316@search01.news.aol.com> References: <34de44$42e@kaos.deepcove.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <34de44$42e@kaos.deepcove.com>, alexking@deepcove.com (Alex King) writes: >The Intkey Software developed by Mike Dallowitz in Australia already >does >this and is the standard. For infomation contact: CSIRO Division of >Entomology, GPO BOx 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia. Phone: 61-6 >246 4075; Fdax: 61 6 246 6000. You can also access this program and >the other DELTA (descroptive language for taxonomy) datasets, including >all the angiosperm families in the world through anonymous FTP at >Cornell >University- muse.bio.cornell.edu Thank you, thank you. I heard about DELTA and could not find out more about it until now. Gray Shaw From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!news.csc.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail From: silvonen@cc.Helsinki.FI (Mikko Silvonen) Newsgroups: dk.general,bionet.plants Subject: "Meldug" in English (or Finnish)? Date: 7 Sep 1994 08:38:08 +0300 Organization: Suomen Keisarillinen Aleksanterin-Yliopisto Lines: 7 Message-ID: <34jjk0$rlk@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: kruuna.helsinki.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Does anyone happen to know what the Danish word "meldug" is in English? (Or, better yet, in Finnish.) I know it is a plant disease (some kind of fungus). -- Mikko Silvonen ! "Nykyisyyden lähin suunta on lähin Mikko.Silvonen@Helsinki.FI ! tulevaisuus, joka on kaukaisinta Universitas Helsingiensis ! menneisyyttä." (Kauko Nieminen) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!HOH.MBL.EDU!mriley From: mriley@HOH.MBL.EDU ("Monica Riley") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: E. coli Genome Meeting Date: 7 Sep 1994 14:34:21 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 34 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <20379.mriley@hoh.mbl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Second Announcement: Third International E. coli Genome Meeting > >The Third International E. coli Genome Meeting will be held November >4-8, 1994, at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, >Massachusetts. This Meeting will include invited talks, poster >sessions, and workshops analyzing the E. coli genome at the genetic, >sequence, and structural levels with the goal being to facilitate a >coordinated structure/function analysis of the genome. > >Specific topics will include: status reports on large-scale sequence >efforts; genome mapping technologies; applications of sequence >analysis; genome organization, rearrangements; interrelationships and >demonstrations of databases; global regulatory mechanisms; repeated >sequences; evolutionary origin of genes. > >Speakers will be: A. Bairoch, M. Berlyn, F. Blattner, M. Borodovsky, A. >Campbell, G.Church, A. Danchin, B. Demple, R. Doolittle, B. Hall, M. >Hofnung, K.Isono, P. Karp, E. Kofoid, C. Kurland, S. Letovsky, R. Milkman, >J.Miller, M. O'Neill, J. Ostell, G. Perriere, M. Riley, R. Robbins, S. >Rosenberg, J. Roth, K. Rudd, R. Schleif, T. Schneider, P. Sharp, R. >Van Bogelen, B. Wanner, G. Weinstock, T. Whittam. > >There will be two concurrent sessions of posters and database/software >demonstrations. Poster abstracts or short descriptions of the >database/software you wish to demonstrate should be submitted by >September 26, 1994. > >Advance registration is requested; deadline is September 26, 1994. >For registration materials please send your name and address to: >Conference Services, P.O. Box 477, Woods Hole, MA 02543-0477, phone >508-540-6055, fax 508-540-0155, e-mail confserv@mbl.edu > >Meeting Organizers: M. Riley (Woods Hole), J. Miller (UCLA), P. Sharp >(Nottingham), P. Karp (SRI), and M. Berlyn (Yale). From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!esbbs!Jane_Goodall Message-ID: <-133890049.4380210@esbbs.earthspirit.org> Date: 07 Sep 1994 13:14:08 -0000 From: Jane_Goodall@earthspirit.org (Jane Goodall) Organization: Earth Spirit Online References: <34bf79$qo2@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailer.fsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] TGray (tgray@aol.com) wrote: : In article , : grantr@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Grant E. Rostig, D.C.) writes: : Does anyone know of a good and scholarly book covering the identification : of : American plants? Must have good pictures/drawings. I have seen the : Peterson : Guides. : Thanks : - - - - - - - - - - - : Since you live in Minnesota, I can recommend an excellent text for the : Eastern U.S. extending to the western boundary of Minnesota: : Gleason, Henry and Arthur Cronquist, _Manual of Vascular Plants_. New : York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1963. : This was my college Taxonomy textbook. Unfortunately, it has no pictures, : but you can't get a better book on identification. -- Greetings from J.H., the learning machine! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ufl.edu!zeno.fit.edu!campbell.rhs.brevard.k12.fl.us!scampbel From: Shelle Campbell Subject: Nematodes Message-ID: X-Xxmessage-Id: X-Xxdate: Wed, 7 Sep 94 14:18:12 GMT Sender: news@zeno.fit.edu (USENET NEWS SYSTEM) Nntp-Posting-Host: campbell.rhs.brevard.k12.fl.us Organization: Rockledge High School X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d24 Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 19:15:00 GMT Lines: 14 I am a high school research student. This is my fifth year in science research with the same continuing project. My project deals with the attraction of Rhabditus nematodes to the carnivorous fungus Arthrobotrys conoides. In past experiments, I have noticed that if the fungus is introduced after the nematodes, the growth of the tomato plants I use in the experiment is stunted. This year, I plan to grow the plants until they produce tomatoes to see if the color, size, taste, etc. is affected. I am in need of information on the fungus Arthrobotrys conoides and the attraction of nematodes to carnivorous fungi. Thank you for your time, Jennifer Roever From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 06 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!news.csc.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail From: silvonen@cc.Helsinki.FI (Mikko Silvonen) Newsgroups: dk.general,bionet.plants Subject: Re: "Meldug" in English (or Finnish)? Date: 7 Sep 1994 11:06:41 +0300 Organization: Suomen Keisarillinen Aleksanterin-Yliopisto Lines: 5 Message-ID: <34jsah$dl4@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> References: <34jjk0$rlk@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: kruuna.helsinki.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit So, "meldug" is "mildew" in English. Thank you for all the answers! -- Mikko Silvonen ! "Aksiomi 10. Maailmankaikkeuden korkein Mikko.Silvonen@Helsinki.FI ! päämäärä on vaikutuksen luominen." Universitas Helsingiensis ! (L. Ron Hubbard) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an332 From: an332@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Kathy Bilton) Subject: Re: Ref. to Identify plants Message-ID: Sender: news@freenet.carleton.ca (Usenet News Admin) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 12:22:58 GMT Lines: 10 What about Britton and Brown? All plants are illustrated. It's a 3 Volume set that came out around 1950 and is out of print, however good libraries should have it - and from time to time one can track down a used copy. The older edition from 1913 is available as a Dover reprint, for about $15 per volume. The full title of the older set is: "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada." -- _/_/_/_/ Kathy Bilton an332@freenet.carleton.ca \_\_\_\_ kbilton@cap.gwu.edu PO Box 886, Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: BIOSCI Administrator Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: New PLANT-EDUCATION prototype newsgroup Date: 8 Sep 1994 15:06:11 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 182 Sender: biohelp@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <34o1sj$fts@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I enclose the charter and subscription info for the new PLANT-EDUCATION prototype newsgroup (mailing list). This group is available from net.bio.net only by e-mail for a six month trial period prior to voting. 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From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Sep 07 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.uni-c.dk!unidhp.uni-c.dk!kvlxthlu From: kvlxthlu@unidhp.uni-c.dk (Thorben Lundsgaard) Newsgroups: dk.general,bionet.plants Subject: Re: "Meldug" in English (or Finnish)? Followup-To: dk.general,bionet.plants Date: 8 Sep 1994 14:18:33 GMT Organization: News Server at UNI-C, Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <34n6fp$kd@news.uni-c.dk> References: <34jjk0$rlk@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> <34jsah$dl4@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: unidhp.uni-c.dk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Mikko Silvonen (silvonen@cc.Helsinki.FI) wrote: : So, "meldug" is "mildew" in English. Thank you for all the answers! : -- : Mikko Silvonen ! "Aksiomi 10. Maailmankaikkeuden korkein : Mikko.Silvonen@Helsinki.FI ! päämäärä on vaikutuksen luominen." : Universitas Helsingiensis ! (L. Ron Hubbard) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!goldsword!sabre.goldsword.com!sfarmer From: sfarmer@goldsword.com (Susan Farmer) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: leaves changing color Date: 8 Sep 1994 23:58:53 GMT Organization: GoldSword Systems - Public Internet Service for East Tennessee Lines: 16 Message-ID: <34o8ft$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sabre.goldsword.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Willie Nelms (nelms@ecsvax.uncecs.edu) wrote: : Does anyone know the scientific term for the process by which leaves : change from green to other colors in the fall. Please either post here or : e-mail me. Senescence. Susan -- Susan B. Farmer sfarmer@goldsword.com Lady Jerusha Kilgore I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig? B.A. in Computer Science ... Graduate Student in Botany Talk to me about your Trillium species! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!goldsword!sabre.goldsword.com!sfarmer From: sfarmer@goldsword.com (Susan Farmer) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Ref. to Identify plants Date: 9 Sep 1994 00:13:26 GMT Organization: GoldSword Systems - Public Internet Service for East Tennessee Lines: 59 Message-ID: <34o9b6$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> References: <34bf79$qo2@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sabre.goldsword.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] TGray (tgray@aol.com) wrote: : In article , : grantr@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Grant E. Rostig, D.C.) writes: : Does anyone know of a good and scholarly book covering the identification : of : American plants? Must have good pictures/drawings. I have seen the : Peterson : Guides. : Thanks : - - - - - - - - - - - : Since you live in Minnesota, I can recommend an excellent text for the : Eastern U.S. extending to the western boundary of Minnesota: : Gleason, Henry and Arthur Cronquist, _Manual of Vascular Plants_. New : York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1963. : This was my college Taxonomy textbook. Unfortunately, it has no pictures, : but you can't get a better book on identification. Unfortunately, books with Real Pictures are "notoriously bad." (well at least from a Botanical Standpoint.) IMHO -- Peterson -- nice drawings. Arranged by flower color. Covers discrete Regions of the country. Audobon -- nice photographs. Also arranged by flower color and form. Eastern US, and Western US. Golden -- kin to those books you looked at as a kid, but larger. all Color drawings; covers the whole US. Newcombs -- arranged by a pseudo-key based on leaf arrangement, number of floral parts, etc. Line Drawings. I believe Eastern US. If you want a Picture Book that's of better quality than most, go to your local library and check out the set of books published by the New York Botanical Gardens and "written" by Ricketts. It's a 6-volums set (and each volume consists of 2 books (monocots & dicots). Color Photos. Nice text. Botanical Keys. Each volume sells for about $80. Vol 1 covers NE US, 2: SE US, 3: North Central, (I'm typing from memory) 4:Texas, 5:Pacific Northwest, and 6: SW US. *Wonderful* books. If you want a *real* Botany Book, go again to your local library (or Interlibrary Loan Office) and ask for The New Brittan and Brown. The original was published in the 1910's (i think) and was updated by Gleason. It has line drawings, keys, and text. It's a 3-volume set that is currently no longer in print. Hope this helps. Susan -- Susan B. Farmer sfarmer@goldsword.com Lady Jerusha Kilgore I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig? B.A. in Computer Science ... Graduate Student in Botany Talk to me about your Trillium species! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!world!Agblade From: Agblade@world.std.com (David W Wheat) Subject: Re: Current plant names? Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <34035j$it6@umd5.umd.edu> <34o8f5$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 16:21:53 GMT Lines: 7 I found an even better resource for you: gopher to muse.bio.cornell.edu and you can get to a searchable online version of the Gray Herbarium Index, a giant card catalog of plants of the New World. Check any name you want and see all its synonyms. David Wheat dwheat@mcimail.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!ra!elc From: echang@cbmse.nrl.navy.mil (elc) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: phototropism science fair project Date: 9 Sep 1994 15:30:07 GMT Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC Lines: 18 Sender: -Not-Authenticated-[6310] Message-ID: <34pv1v$fai@ra.nrl.navy.mil> References: <34nt9v$8u5@alvin.ach.uams.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: elcmac1-6900.nrl.navy.mil X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0@ra.nrl.navy.mil. Xdisclaimer: No attempt was made to authenticate the sender's name. In article <34nt9v$8u5@alvin.ach.uams.edu> Light@cop.uams.edu (K.E. Light) writes: > > My son ahs asked me about the likelihood of success if he were to conduct > a science fair project designed to determine the effects of illicit drugs > on plant phototropism. His preliminary plans are to construct a "light > maze" through which the plant would be required to grow to reach the > light. He then plans on tretaing the plants with selected illicit drugs > and monitoring the outcome. > > Anybody who could provide some useful direction please post a message or > e-mail to me. I believe the guy on 14th & U could be helpful ;^). echang@cbmse.nrl.navy.mil Standard disclaimers apply to all opinions expressed. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!world!Agblade From: Agblade@world.std.com (David W Wheat) Subject: Re: Current plant names? Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <34035j$it6@umd5.umd.edu> <34o8f5$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 15:22:33 GMT Lines: 16 If the plant you are looking for is not an Angiosperm, gopher to the Missouri Botanic Garden at mobot.mobot.org and look in their database for the Flora North America project. You can see the information on gymnosperms, but angiosperms aren't available yet. It's a great resource. Next best: Call a professor of plant systematics, (e.g. J.L.Reveal in the department of Botany, U. Md., College Park, phone 301-545-0100.) That person will have the latest references on hand and can answer specific questions (Dr. Reveal is at a land-grant school and answers questions for a living) or at least refer you to the right sources. Good luck. David Wheat dwheat@mcimail.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!grivel!mihi.une.edu.au!gwebb From: gwebb@mihi.une.edu.au (Gregory Webb) Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.plants,bionet.agroforestry,bionet.biology.tropical,sci.bio,sci.environment,bionet.photosynthesis Subject: URGENT! journal reports needed. Keywords: Help! Message-ID: <6890@grivel.une.edu.au> Date: 9 Sep 94 10:47:27 GMT Sender: usenet@grivel.une.edu.au Followup-To: poster Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: mihi.une.edu.au Xref: biosci bionet.general:11080 bionet.plants:3983 bionet.agroforestry:880 bionet.biology.tropical:489 sci.bio:10814 sci.environment:23512 bionet.photosynthesis:435 I have done an extensive search of the information resources available to me as an under-grad bio student in Aust. of the wood anatomy of the Baobab tree, (Adansonia), family Bombacaceae. I have only found two sources relevant to the topic in Aust.(Anatomy of Dicots. Metcalf & Chalk & Wound healing in Adansonia. Jack B. Fisher), the rest are located O.S. and impossible for me to get, because under-grads can't have inter-library loans (from within the Uni). Outside the institution it costs $$, which I don't have. If anyone would be generous enough to locate and email what ever is available on the wood anatomy, I would be extremely appreciative of your time and efforts. Some relevant reports, but the languages maybe a problem: Newton, L. (1974) Is the baobab tree succulent. Cacts. & Succ. journ. Gt. Brit. 36: 57-58. Braun, Karl. Beitrage zur Anatomie der Adansonia digitata L. / Von Karl Braun. Basel: Fr. Reinhardt, 1900 (thesis). Gerber, C. (1895). Contribution a` l'histoire botanique, therapeutique et chimique de genrre Adansonia (Baobab). Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 2, 2: 1-78. Thankyou, Greg (gwebb@mihi.une.edu.au) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!convex!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!news.ualr.edu!news.ach.uams.edu!news From: Light@cop.uams.edu (K.E. Light) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: phototropism science fair project Date: 8 Sep 1994 20:47:59 GMT Organization: Your Organization Lines: 15 Message-ID: <34nt9v$8u5@alvin.ach.uams.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.30.1.46 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.91.6 My son ahs asked me about the likelihood of success if he were to conduct a science fair project designed to determine the effects of illicit drugs on plant phototropism. His preliminary plans are to construct a "light maze" through which the plant would be required to grow to reach the light. He then plans on tretaing the plants with selected illicit drugs and monitoring the outcome. Anybody who could provide some useful direction please post a message or e-mail to me. Please - should this turn out to be a good idea DON'T Steal it from him. THANKS!!!!!!!!! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!psinntp!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!not-for-mail From: young@clpd.kodak.com (Rich Young) Subject: Re: Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots Help! Message-ID: <34q0oj$cjd@sasquatch.clpd.kodak.com> Lines: 23 Sender: young@clpd.Kodak.Com Reply-To: young@clpd.kodak.com Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company References: <-133890049.4380210@esbbs.earthspirit.org> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 15:59:15 GMT In article <-133890049.4380210@esbbs.earthspirit.org> Jane_Goodall@earthspirit.org writes: >To my fellow environmentalists: [...] >The Animal Kingdom ( a >national toy manufacturer and big supporter of my efforts) has agreed >to give 100% of the profits from sales of their animal slippers to >Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots Program. [...] How many people think Jane Goodall was actually sitting at a laptop typing this into a BBS in California whose very first relay is Netcom? No Yes --- ----- 1 0 -Rich Young (The view expressed herein may not reflect that of Eastman Kodak Company, Inc.) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!goldsword!sabre.goldsword.com!sfarmer From: sfarmer@goldsword.com (Susan Farmer) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: classification of Leguminosae species Date: 9 Sep 1994 00:19:18 GMT Organization: GoldSword Systems - Public Internet Service for East Tennessee Lines: 44 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34o9m6$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sabre.goldsword.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ramon A. Razal (rar@MUDSPRING.UPLB.EDU.PH) wrote: : I am confused as to the current status of classification of plant species : belonging to Family Leguminosae. The system we have adopted in our Wood : Identification course is to classify species previously considered to : belong to the one big family Leguminosae as members of either Family : Fabaceae, Family Mimosaceae, or Family Caesalpiniaceae. Is this correct : under current classification schemes? The reason for this inquiry is : that many recent books I came across with do not seem to subscribe to the : 3-family scheme that I have come to learn from my teachers here in the : Philippines. I'll appreciate suggestions for references, but more direct : replies will be more welcome as I do not have as much access to current : literature where I am now (Philippines). Thanks a lot. : Ramon A. Razal : Dept. of Wood Science and Technology : UPLB College of Forestry : College, Laguna 4031 : PHILIPPINES Well, I just happen to be taking a course on taxonomy this semester. And the answer is (unfortunately) an unoquivocal "It Depends." It depends on whose system of classification you use, and there are *several* ones leading the forefront. However, due to DNA sequencing, even that is in a state of change. See this is waht Taxonomists do Really Well -- confuse you and make you wonder just what is going on! :-) :-) It really is (except for the gene sequencing) a matter of opinion. The proponents of the 3-family system feel that there is sufficient morphological evidance to indicate that the families are distinct enough and should be separated; while a different group of taxonomists, looking at the *same* evidance, will conclude that the genera are closely enough related to lump them into one family. *sigh* *shrug* It *does* make for an interesting class. Hope this helps without confusing you too much more. Susan -- Susan B. Farmer sfarmer@goldsword.com Lady Jerusha Kilgore I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig? B.A. in Computer Science ... Graduate Student in Botany Talk to me about your Trillium species! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!goldsword!sabre.goldsword.com!sfarmer From: sfarmer@goldsword.com (Susan Farmer) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Current plant names? Date: 8 Sep 1994 23:58:29 GMT Organization: GoldSword Systems - Public Internet Service for East Tennessee Lines: 27 Message-ID: <34o8f5$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> References: <34035j$it6@umd5.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sabre.goldsword.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bill Williams (bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu) wrote: : Here's a naive nomenclature question: I have vascular-plant keys that : are about ten years old now, and presumably at least some of the plants : therein have been renamed according to the proper ICBN procedures since : the keys were published. Is there any simple way to find out what the : currently accepted name is (and higher-level taxa, if those have : changed)? : _______________________________ : Bill Williams : bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu : Dept. of Biology : St. Mary's College of Maryland Being a "mere" graduate student, may alter the validity of my answer :-) but the only way that I know of is to do *lots* of literature searches. :-(. If you've a particular genera in mind, try and get the list of published names from the Gray Herbarium. That might give you some idea. Good luck, Susan -- Susan B. Farmer sfarmer@goldsword.com Lady Jerusha Kilgore I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig? B.A. in Computer Science ... Graduate Student in Botany Talk to me about your Trillium species! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!goldsword!sabre.goldsword.com!sfarmer From: sfarmer@goldsword.com (Susan Farmer) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Current plant names? Date: 9 Sep 1994 19:53:27 GMT Organization: GoldSword Systems - Public Internet Service for East Tennessee Lines: 34 Message-ID: <34qefn$k4m@sabre.goldsword.com> References: <34035j$it6@umd5.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sabre.goldsword.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bill Williams (bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu) wrote: : Here's a naive nomenclature question: I have vascular-plant keys that : are about ten years old now, and presumably at least some of the plants : therein have been renamed according to the proper ICBN procedures since : the keys were published. Is there any simple way to find out what the : currently accepted name is (and higher-level taxa, if those have : changed)? : _______________________________ : Bill Williams : bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu : Dept. of Biology : St. Mary's College of Maryland Let me append my answer of yesterday. The ICBN (which governs things like that) meets every six years. They met last year, so the previous meeting would have been in 1987? Anyway, if they publish a proceedings which lists all changes as of that congress would list the changes you're interested in. Dr. Cox said she wasn't sure, but that she didn't think the proceedings from this past congress had been published yet, but that they would probably show up in _Taxon_. Hope this was of a little more help. Susan P.S. Bet you can't guess what we talked about in class today, besides Asteracae ... :-) -- Susan B. Farmer sfarmer@goldsword.com Lady Jerusha Kilgore I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig? B.A. in Computer Science ... Graduate Student in Botany Talk to me about your Trillium species! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Sep 08 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: scientific expedition opportunity Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 17:01:08 GMT Lines: 114 From silvermr@netcom.com Fri Sep 9 09:49:20 1994 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:21:52 -0700 From: Richard Silverman To: silvermr@netcom.com Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: (fwd) expedition Xref: netcom.com bionet.general:10385 Newsgroups: bionet.general Path: netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: expedition Message-ID: Summary: scientific expedition Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 17:22:21 GMT Lines: 92 Dear friends and colleagues: The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences would like to share the following information. The UAS is currently organizing an International Biological Expedition to the regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The goals of the expedition are very diverse since it is being put together by such scientific institutions of the UAS as the Institutes of Botanics, Zoology, Biology of Southern Seas, Hydrobyology, Physiology of Plants, Genetics, Cultivation of Flora, and several others. One of the common goals of all the prospective members is to collect samples of the flora and fauna in order to expand the existing gene pool of the flora and fauna of other regions of the world, and to compose new collections for the museums of botanics, zoology, marine life, etc. Besides, each participating scientist will pursue his specific interest. The expedition is planning to leave Sevastopol (Russia) in December 1994 and sail along the following route: Sevastopol-Stambul-Alexandria-Lisbon- -Boston-Caracas-Belem-Manaus-Belem-Rio de Janeiro-Capetown-Madagascar-Lome- -Las Palmas-Haifa-Sevastopol with a lot of stops at various smaller sites in between. The expedition should take around 4 months. Right now the Organizing Committee is working on the possibility of also visiting Australia and some Pacific islands, but the final decision depends on the availability of funds. Financial side of the planning is currently the hardest. Having lost most of the governmental funding previously available before the crisis in the USSR, the UAS is looking for sponsors. So far they were able to find several sponsors in Western Europe and the USA, but it still has not solved the problem. That is why the Organizing Committee of the expedition decided to offer a unique opportunity. They are willing to take with them anybody who has interest in the expedition and can pay the required fee. The expedition is guaranteed to be absolutely fascinating. This is not the first expedition of that kind organized by the UAS. A similar one was undertaken in 1991 and was internationally recognized as a big success. The scientific crew will consist of 50 specialists, half of whom are from Ukraine and Russia, and half - from Western Europe. Also, there will be approximately seventy sailors on board. The boat itself is a very comfortable large vessel, fully equipped for scientific purposes. Every passenger will occupy a separate cabin originally built for 2 people. The boat has a big canteen, buffet-bar, bakery, library, videosalon, gym, pool room, volleyball grounds, ping-pong room, and a sauna with a swimming pool. The service of a physician and the necessary medical supplies will be available. The above mentioned route reflects only the major stops of the expedition. In reality, there will be many more. A lot of smaller sites are not specified yet simply because the exact route is still being drafted. All the passengers on board will have entrance visas to all the countries the expedition might visit. In cities and towns everybody will have enough time to do sightseeing. As for the scientific part of the expedition, all the passengers are invited to join the specialists. The scientists will spend most of the time in the jungle, mountains, under water exploration. The non-scientists are invited to participate in absolutely every aspect of the expedition. The crew will also enjoy exotic fishing experiences, rafting, horse back riding, under-water film sessions, and so on. the scientists offer their help in composing private collections of unique minerals, plants, fish, as well as in the legalization of the collections with the customs officials. Besides simply participating, everybody is welcome to contribute ideas to the general plan. The route can be slightly changed, and any suggestions regarding the sites of the scientific interest will be appreciated. The organizers of the expedition believe the experience will be particularly interesting for biologists, oceanologists, writers, journalists, film producers, as well as for anybody interested in nature, anthropology, and travel in general. The fee for the participants who are not the members of the scientific crew if $ 16 000 per person. (Groups starting from 2 people get discounts). Part of this sum will be used towards covering some of the cost of one soviet scientist on board. The fee of & 16 000 includes room and board during the 4 months trip, medical assistance, and participance in the scientific research. The air-fare to and from Sevastopol is the responsibility of the passenger, but is inexpensive and in December costs between $ 400 and $ 600 for a round trip from New York. The expedition can accept not more than 25 additional passengers. The organizers of the expedition hope to attract American scientific institutions and organizations to support this undertaking. If any of you, friends and colleagues, have any ideas as for the way to sponsor the expedition, we will really appreciate your help. Please, address all your suggestions, comments, and requests for further information to Tanya Puchkova, tel. (517) 275 5121, ext. 392, fax. (517) 275 8745, or e-mail: pouchkot@mlc.lib.mi.us Sincerely, Tanya Puchkova -- silvermr@netcom.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Sep 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jmpii@aol.com (JMPII) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: What common name for Brassica rapa? Date: 9 Sep 1994 23:28:10 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34r94a$8n7@search01.news.aol.com> References: <34beet$qi0@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <34beet$qi0@search01.news.aol.com>, tgray@aol.com (TGray) writes: Brassica rapa, syn: B. campestris is called field mustard or wild turnip according to Jepson. Brassica oleracea is the ancester of cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts, broccoli, etc. according to Smith's Vascular Plant Families. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Sep 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jmpii@aol.com (JMPII) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Current plant names? Date: 9 Sep 1994 23:34:03 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34r9fb$8r0@search01.news.aol.com> References: <34o8f5$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <34o8f5$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com>, sfarmer@goldsword.com (Susan Farmer) writes: Kartesz and Kartesz: A synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland Vol II, The Biota of North America, is a great help but its dated now too. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Sep 09 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au!csuvax1!keulen From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Mike van Keulen) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Looking for Amer. Soc. Plant Physiol. Date: 10 Sep 1994 06:36:54 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: <34rk66INNe0g@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au Hi folks, I'm trying to get hold of someone from the American Society for Plant Physiology - I'm particularly after a conference proceedings published by the Society. The proceedings was titled "Bicarbonate utilisation by photosynthetic organisms" and edited by Lucas and Berry; publication date 1985. Is this still available from the Society? Please e-mail if you can help. Thanks in advance. Mike ****** Michael van Keulen **** e-mail: keulen@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au ******* ****** BES - Biology, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150 AUSTRALIA ******* From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Sep 09 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: expedition opportunity Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sat, 10 Sep 1994 02:33:31 GMT Lines: 114 From silvermr@netcom.com Fri Sep 9 09:49:20 1994 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:21:52 -0700 From: Richard Silverman To: silvermr@netcom.com Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: (fwd) expedition Xref: netcom.com bionet.general:10385 Newsgroups: bionet.general Path: netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: expedition Message-ID: Summary: scientific expedition Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 17:22:21 GMT Lines: 92 Dear friends and colleagues: The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences would like to share the following information. The UAS is currently organizing an International Biological Expedition to the regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The goals of the expedition are very diverse since it is being put together by such scientific institutions of the UAS as the Institutes of Botanics, Zoology, Biology of Southern Seas, Hydrobyology, Physiology of Plants, Genetics, Cultivation of Flora, and several others. One of the common goals of all the prospective members is to collect samples of the flora and fauna in order to expand the existing gene pool of the flora and fauna of other regions of the world, and to compose new collections for the museums of botanics, zoology, marine life, etc. Besides, each participating scientist will pursue his specific interest. The expedition is planning to leave Sevastopol (Russia) in December 1994 and sail along the following route: Sevastopol-Stambul-Alexandria-Lisbon- -Boston-Caracas-Belem-Manaus-Belem-Rio de Janeiro-Capetown-Madagascar-Lome- -Las Palmas-Haifa-Sevastopol with a lot of stops at various smaller sites in between. The expedition should take around 4 months. Right now the Organizing Committee is working on the possibility of also visiting Australia and some Pacific islands, but the final decision depends on the availability of funds. Financial side of the planning is currently the hardest. Having lost most of the governmental funding previously available before the crisis in the USSR, the UAS is looking for sponsors. So far they were able to find several sponsors in Western Europe and the USA, but it still has not solved the problem. That is why the Organizing Committee of the expedition decided to offer a unique opportunity. They are willing to take with them anybody who has interest in the expedition and can pay the required fee. The expedition is guaranteed to be absolutely fascinating. This is not the first expedition of that kind organized by the UAS. A similar one was undertaken in 1991 and was internationally recognized as a big success. The scientific crew will consist of 50 specialists, half of whom are from Ukraine and Russia, and half - from Western Europe. Also, there will be approximately seventy sailors on board. The boat itself is a very comfortable large vessel, fully equipped for scientific purposes. Every passenger will occupy a separate cabin originally built for 2 people. The boat has a big canteen, buffet-bar, bakery, library, videosalon, gym, pool room, volleyball grounds, ping-pong room, and a sauna with a swimming pool. The service of a physician and the necessary medical supplies will be available. The above mentioned route reflects only the major stops of the expedition. In reality, there will be many more. A lot of smaller sites are not specified yet simply because the exact route is still being drafted. All the passengers on board will have entrance visas to all the countries the expedition might visit. In cities and towns everybody will have enough time to do sightseeing. As for the scientific part of the expedition, all the passengers are invited to join the specialists. The scientists will spend most of the time in the jungle, mountains, under water exploration. The non-scientists are invited to participate in absolutely every aspect of the expedition. The crew will also enjoy exotic fishing experiences, rafting, horse back riding, under-water film sessions, and so on. the scientists offer their help in composing private collections of unique minerals, plants, fish, as well as in the legalization of the collections with the customs officials. Besides simply participating, everybody is welcome to contribute ideas to the general plan. The route can be slightly changed, and any suggestions regarding the sites of the scientific interest will be appreciated. The organizers of the expedition believe the experience will be particularly interesting for biologists, oceanologists, writers, journalists, film producers, as well as for anybody interested in nature, anthropology, and travel in general. The fee for the participants who are not the members of the scientific crew if $ 16 000 per person. (Groups starting from 2 people get discounts). Part of this sum will be used towards covering some of the cost of one soviet scientist on board. The fee of & 16 000 includes room and board during the 4 months trip, medical assistance, and participance in the scientific research. The air-fare to and from Sevastopol is the responsibility of the passenger, but is inexpensive and in December costs between $ 400 and $ 600 for a round trip from New York. The expedition can accept not more than 25 additional passengers. The organizers of the expedition hope to attract American scientific institutions and organizations to support this undertaking. If any of you, friends and colleagues, have any ideas as for the way to sponsor the expedition, we will really appreciate your help. Please, address all your suggestions, comments, and requests for further information to Tanya Puchkova, tel. (517) 275 5121, ext. 392, fax. (517) 275 8745, or e-mail: pouchkot@mlc.lib.mi.us Sincerely, Tanya Puchkova -- silvermr@netcom.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: What's the hype with hemp? Date: 11 Sep 1994 03:05:08 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 13 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34ua74$32n@search01.news.aol.com> References: <01HEP27PO5AQ8WWCCE@SKYCAT.USask.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <01HEP27PO5AQ8WWCCE@SKYCAT.USask.CA>, HEATH@SASK.USASK.CA writes: I am looking for some info on these questions: 1: Are hemp fibres superior to tree pulp in paper production or are they just a suitable tree-less paper substitute? 2: Are hemp fibres the best non-tree fibre for paper production? Check out Whole Earth Review No. 80, Fall 1993. Excellent article on this subject: "Tree-Free Paper," by John Stahl, who is working to revive the use of hemp and other alternatives to wood-based paper. The answer to both questions is yes. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!ames!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: unique expedition opportunity Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sun, 11 Sep 1994 16:37:46 GMT Lines: 114 From silvermr@netcom.com Fri Sep 9 09:49:20 1994 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:21:52 -0700 From: Richard Silverman To: silvermr@netcom.com Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: (fwd) expedition Xref: netcom.com bionet.general:10385 Newsgroups: bionet.general Path: netcom.com!silvermr From: silvermr@netcom.com (Richard Silverman) Subject: expedition Message-ID: Summary: scientific expedition Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 17:22:21 GMT Lines: 92 Dear friends and colleagues: The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences would like to share the following information. The UAS is currently organizing an International Biological Expedition to the regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The goals of the expedition are very diverse since it is being put together by such scientific institutions of the UAS as the Institutes of Botanics, Zoology, Biology of Southern Seas, Hydrobyology, Physiology of Plants, Genetics, Cultivation of Flora, and several others. One of the common goals of all the prospective members is to collect samples of the flora and fauna in order to expand the existing gene pool of the flora and fauna of other regions of the world, and to compose new collections for the museums of botanics, zoology, marine life, etc. Besides, each participating scientist will pursue his specific interest. The expedition is planning to leave Sevastopol (Russia) in December 1994 and sail along the following route: Sevastopol-Stambul-Alexandria-Lisbon- -Boston-Caracas-Belem-Manaus-Belem-Rio de Janeiro-Capetown-Madagascar-Lome- -Las Palmas-Haifa-Sevastopol with a lot of stops at various smaller sites in between. The expedition should take around 4 months. Right now the Organizing Committee is working on the possibility of also visiting Australia and some Pacific islands, but the final decision depends on the availability of funds. Financial side of the planning is currently the hardest. Having lost most of the governmental funding previously available before the crisis in the USSR, the UAS is looking for sponsors. So far they were able to find several sponsors in Western Europe and the USA, but it still has not solved the problem. That is why the Organizing Committee of the expedition decided to offer a unique opportunity. They are willing to take with them anybody who has interest in the expedition and can pay the required fee. The expedition is guaranteed to be absolutely fascinating. This is not the first expedition of that kind organized by the UAS. A similar one was undertaken in 1991 and was internationally recognized as a big success. The scientific crew will consist of 50 specialists, half of whom are from Ukraine and Russia, and half - from Western Europe. Also, there will be approximately seventy sailors on board. The boat itself is a very comfortable large vessel, fully equipped for scientific purposes. Every passenger will occupy a separate cabin originally built for 2 people. The boat has a big canteen, buffet-bar, bakery, library, videosalon, gym, pool room, volleyball grounds, ping-pong room, and a sauna with a swimming pool. The service of a physician and the necessary medical supplies will be available. The above mentioned route reflects only the major stops of the expedition. In reality, there will be many more. A lot of smaller sites are not specified yet simply because the exact route is still being drafted. All the passengers on board will have entrance visas to all the countries the expedition might visit. In cities and towns everybody will have enough time to do sightseeing. As for the scientific part of the expedition, all the passengers are invited to join the specialists. The scientists will spend most of the time in the jungle, mountains, under water exploration. The non-scientists are invited to participate in absolutely every aspect of the expedition. The crew will also enjoy exotic fishing experiences, rafting, horse back riding, under-water film sessions, and so on. the scientists offer their help in composing private collections of unique minerals, plants, fish, as well as in the legalization of the collections with the customs officials. Besides simply participating, everybody is welcome to contribute ideas to the general plan. The route can be slightly changed, and any suggestions regarding the sites of the scientific interest will be appreciated. The organizers of the expedition believe the experience will be particularly interesting for biologists, oceanologists, writers, journalists, film producers, as well as for anybody interested in nature, anthropology, and travel in general. The fee for the participants who are not the members of the scientific crew if $ 16 000 per person. (Groups starting from 2 people get discounts). Part of this sum will be used towards covering some of the cost of one soviet scientist on board. The fee of & 16 000 includes room and board during the 4 months trip, medical assistance, and participance in the scientific research. The air-fare to and from Sevastopol is the responsibility of the passenger, but is inexpensive and in December costs between $ 400 and $ 600 for a round trip from New York. The expedition can accept not more than 25 additional passengers. The organizers of the expedition hope to attract American scientific institutions and organizations to support this undertaking. If any of you, friends and colleagues, have any ideas as for the way to sponsor the expedition, we will really appreciate your help. Please, address all your suggestions, comments, and requests for further information to Tanya Puchkova, tel. (517) 275 5121, ext. 392, fax. (517) 275 8745, or e-mail: pouchkot@mlc.lib.mi.us Sincerely, Tanya Puchkova -- silvermr@netcom.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Request: Info on Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology Date: 11 Sep 1994 03:06:02 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 18 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34ua8q$33m@search01.news.aol.com> References: <30bh7v$erc@fermat.mayo.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <30bh7v$erc@fermat.mayo.edu>, yprakash@mayo.edu (Y. S. Prakash) writes: 1. What the potentials are for this kind of research in the next 25 years. 2. What the best medical/graduate schools in the US/Canada are, and who the primary investigators are. 3. Where she can find out more about what the work would involve and how gratifying it will be in terms of practical medicinal use. The foremost expert on ethnobotany is Dr. Richard Evans Schultes of Harvard. Also, I once heard a lecture on this subject by a man from (I think) the World Health Organization whose job was to contact indigenous people and find out how they're using plants. Two authors your friend should know about besides Shultes are Andrew Weil and Terrence McKenna. This is a big subject, an important field, and the people involved in it will also wind up being involved in saving indigenous cultures and the rainforests of the world. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tgray@aol.com (TGray) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Marijuana Date: 11 Sep 1994 02:49:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <34u995$2sr@search01.news.aol.com> References: <2vcahd$k84@news.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com In article <2vcahd$k84@news.iastate.edu>, jfw@iastate.edu (Jonathan F Wendel) writes: Can anyone please educate me as to how marijuana strains are maintained by those who (illegaly) engage in its cultivation? As the species is dioecious, are prized strains usually maintained in small populations that contain at least one male, or are cuttings usually preferred? If so, do they root easily? The way I know that works is cloning through vegetative propagation. The cuttings root quite readily with Rootone. Naturally, you will be cloning a female plant. You will have no use for a male plant if you are only doing cloning. I know of a cross between C. sativa and C. indica that was kept going for years from cuttings. Think about it: "Sinsemilla" means "without seeds," so cloning is the only way for sinsemilla to be propagated. Have fun, and be careful. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10.cs.du.edu!not-for-mail From: mhughes@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Mark Hughes) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Gray Herbarium gopher add Date: 11 Sep 1994 13:47:03 -0600 Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <34vmrn$cfd@nyx10.cs.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nyx10.cs.du.edu Would someone kindly repost the location at which one can find the Gray Herbarium index? Thanks, Mark -- Mark Hughes mhughes@nyx.cs.du.edu "Whenever the timber trade is good, permanent famine reigns in the Ogowe region." -- Albert Schweitzer From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!daresbury!not-for-mail From: BSS183@BANGOR.AC.UK Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Avena fatua Date: 11 Sep 1994 15:39:07 +0100 Lines: 4 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <34v4qb$8tq@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: PLANTBIO@dl.AC.UK I need to small supply of wild oat (Avena fatua) seeds for I need a small supply of wild oat (Avena fatua) seeds for teaching purposes. Can anyone direct me to a source? From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Sep 10 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!cu-dialup-0037.cit.cornell.edu!user From: mln3@cornell.edu (Michelle Neal) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Mint Followup-To: bionet.plants Date: 11 Sep 1994 18:08:35 GMT Organization: Cornell University Lines: 10 Sender: mln3@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0026.cit.cornell.edu Long standing unanswered question: Does anyone know why a mint plant produces the stuff that we use for mint flavoring, etc.? Any help, suggestions on where to look, ideas etc. is appreciated. Thanks in advance, Michelle mln3@cornell.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: zampino@aol.com (ZAMPINO) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Laurel Date: 11 Sep 1994 21:33:02 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: news@search01.news.aol.com Message-ID: <350b4e$i99@search01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: search01.news.aol.com I have a laurel plant in a pot and it simply does not grow. It has remained the same size and grown no new leaves in six months. It is in direct sunlight. What is wrong. Do I need to feed it? From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 11 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!overload.lbl.gov!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!psgrain!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news.UVic.CA!spruce.pfc.forestry.ca!PFC.Forestry.CA!AEKRAMODDOUL From: aekramoddoul@PFC.Forestry.CA (Ekramoddoullah, Abul Kalam M.) Subject: POSTDOCTORAL POSITION Message-ID: <1994Sep9.162521.14377@spruce.pfc.forestry.ca> Sender: news@spruce.pfc.forestry.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: pfc.pfc.forestry.ca Reply-To: aekramoddoul@PFC.Forestry.CA Organization: Forestry Canada (Pacific Forestry Centre) Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 16:25:21 GMT Lines: 18 Available April 1, 1995 for two years to investigate the anti-freeze properties of a recently discovered conifer protein by emplyoying molecular biological techniques. Specifically, these studies will focus on the synthesis of cDNA, PCR cloning, sequencing and characterization of cDNA clones, purification of the expressed protein, assessment of its ant-freeze function by expressing the protein in a transgenic plant such as tobacco. Experience in molecular biology is essential. Applicants should send curriculum vitae, description of research experience, and three letters of recommendation to: Abul K.M. Ekramoddoullah, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8Z 1M5, Email: AEKRAMODDOUL@A1.PFC.Forestry.CA, FAX 604-363-0775. Telephone 604-363-0600. EKRAMODDOULLAH, ABUL KALAM M. Title: Research Scientist Forestry Canada Phone: (604) 363-0600 Victoria, B.C. Internet: AEKRAMODDOUL@A1.PFC.Forestry.CA From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 11 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!Agblade From: Agblade@world.std.com (David W Wheat) Subject: Re: Gray Herbarium gopher add Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <34vmrn$cfd@nyx10.cs.du.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 13:16:46 GMT Lines: 14 The Gray Herbarium Index is gopherable at huh.harvard.edu. Look at the Biodiversidy and Biological Collections item, then at the Top 10, and there you will find the GHI. It's interesting, but not too useful unless you are expert. Other fun gopher sites for botanists: muse.bio.cornell.edu mobot.org (where you can read entries in the Flora North America, but only up through gymnosperms.) Regards, David Wheat dwheat@mcimail.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!qm.c-plant.siu.edu!schmid From: schmid@qm.c-plant.siu.edu (Walter Schmid) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Mint Date: 12 Sep 1994 12:29:42 -0700 Organization: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Lines: 24 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <1994Sep12.135948.2862223188@qm.c-chem.siu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Regarding: RE>Mint Michealle Neal (mln3@cornell.edu) writes:"Does anyone know why a mint plant produces the stuff that we use for mint flavoring, etc.? To begin with, I don't think we should ask WHY. But any way, in Taiz and Zeiger ("Plant Physiology" page 324) it says "...the chief monoterpene constituent of peppermint oil is menthol... ...[Essential oils] are frequently found in glandular hairs that project outward from the epidermis and serve to "advertise" the toxicity of the plant, repelling potential herbivores even before they take a trial bite." They cite Croteau and Johnson (Biosynthesis of terpenoids in glandular trichomes. In: Biologyand Chemistry of Plant Trichomes, Rodriguez, _et al._ pages 133-138. Plenum Press, New York. 1984). I guess that's the explanation I have always heard; I'm not sure of any other. WES schmid@qm.c-plant.siu.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!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: Current plant names? Date: 12 Sep 1994 15:28:38 GMT Organization: St. Mary's College of Maryland Lines: 18 Message-ID: <351s36$5vs@umd5.umd.edu> References: <34035j$it6@umd5.umd.edu> <34o8f5$f8i@sabre.goldsword.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: williams.smcm.edu X-Posted-From: InterNews 1.0.2@williams.smcm.edu X-Authenticated: bwilliam on POP host oyster.smcm.edu In article Agblade@world.std.com (David W Wheat) writes: > I found an even better resource for you: gopher to muse.bio.cornell.edu > and you can get to a searchable online version of the Gray Herbarium > Index, a giant card catalog of plants of the New World. Check any > name you want and see all its synonyms. > David Wheat > dwheat@mcimail.com Now THAT's the kind of answer I was looking for! Thank you, thank you, thank you! _______________________________ Bill Williams bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu Dept. of Biology St. Mary's College of Maryland From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Sep 11 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!NewsWatcher!user From: bk19@cornell.edu (Brij Kothari) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Ecuadorian Medicinal Plant Book Date: 12 Sep 1994 17:29:47 GMT Organization: Cornell University Lines: 59 Sender: bk19@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.236.29.41 Andean Campesinos Document Their Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in Ecuador ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Some of this information on the book was posted earlier. It is being reposted because we ran out of copies and some interested people were unable to acquire a copy. More copies are available now.) The Book and the Project ------------------------- "Nucanchic Panpa Janpicuna" or "Plantas Medicinales del Campo" is the title of a recent book that includes more than 120 medicinal plants and their uses by the campesinos of La Esperanza, in the northern sierra of Ecuador. The primary goal of the project that led to the development of this book was for indigenous people to document their medicinal plant knowledge for themselves. In other words, it was to return oral knowledge back to the people in an appropriately written form (i.e., being sensitive to issues of language and literacy levels) so that they could pass it to future generations. The book has been available to households within the communities below the cost of production. It should be emphasized that the investigation for this project was undertaken mostly by 15 campesinos who interviewed knowledgeable people in their respective communities. The knowledge that comes from six communities in the region is available in this Spanish--Quichua bilingual edition. It includes local and latin (taxonomic) names of most of the plants and their drawings. Procceds Create a Foundation -------------------------------- In the first six months since the book opening, the communities have received roughly $700 from the sale of this book. With this, the communities have started a foundation called "Fundacion Sabiduria Indigena" (Foundation of Indigenous Wisdom) devoted to the exploration and documentaion of their knowledge of not only medicinal plants, but agriculture, forestry, animal folk healing, etc... Still in its nascent stage, the foundation is perhaps the only one of its kind in Ecuador that is attempting to preserve indigenous knowledge for and by indigenous people. So far, the foundation, an autonomous body, has been funded exclusively by the sale of this book and no international or national donor agency is involved. _____________________________________________________ Ordering Info: Unit Price: US$10.00 + Shipping (USA $2.00;other countries $4.00) Make check or money order payable to "Brij Kothari" in US$. Libraries, OK to send a book order and make payment on delivery. Title: Nucanchic Panpa Janpicuna: Plantas Medicinales del Campo Authors: Kothari, Brij and Union de Organizaciones y Comunidades Indigenas de Angochagua, La Esperanza, y Caranqui (UNOCIAE-C). Publishers: Abya-Yala, Quito, Ecuador and SINT TRUIDEN, Belgium Date: December, 1993 Pages: 303 ISBN: 9978-04-017-X Mailing Address: Fundacion Sabiduria Indigena e-mail: bk19@cornell.edu c/o Brij Kothari Tel: (607) 277-3761 (Home) 160 Westview Lane (607) 255-0504 (Work) Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 Fax: (607) 255-7905 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 12 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!crash!rcdana From: rcdana@crash.cts.com (Richard Dana) Subject: arabidopsis RNA prep needed Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET), San Diego, CA Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 23:55:15 GMT Message-ID: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: news@crash.cts.com (news subsystem) Nntp-Posting-Host: crash.cts.com Lines: 11 Please advise me of a reference or protocol for arabidopsis RNA. I seem to have low amounts of RNA present. Thank You Richard Dana Project Green Gene Box 910416 San Diego, CA 92191-0416 e-mail: rcdana@crash.cts.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 12 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!triton.unm.edu!not-for-mail From: dkim@unm.edu Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: What does hormone Ecdysone do in plants? Date: 13 Sep 1994 13:49:40 -0600 Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 14 Sender: kim@triton.unm.edu (Daniel Kim) Message-ID: <354vok$b7@triton.unm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: triton.unm.edu Hello: I have a PCR-amplified cDNA clone from Jimsonweed (Datura innoxia) cell cultures. When I ran a sequence search using blastx (translated sequence vs protein databases), one of the really good matches was an Ecdysone- responsive protein in Drosphila. I looked in a plant biochemistry text and found that Ecdysone-like hormones are also made by plants, but no clue was given as to their function. Does anyone know? I am especially interested in stress responses, since my cell cultures were exposed to the chemical TNT (as in !BOOM!) before RNA extraction. Daniel Kim From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 12 23:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!uunet!world!Agblade From: Agblade@world.std.com Subject: Re: What does hormone Ecdysone do in plants? Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <354vok$b7@triton.unm.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 20:28:32 GMT Lines: 7 Actually, if I remember correctly, ecdysone was discovered when researchers had trouble rearing insects on paper towels which supplied, unknown to the researchers, a juvinile hormone analogue. As to function, I don't know. David Wheat dwheat@mcimail.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Sep 12 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!triton.unm.edu!not-for-mail From: dkim@unm.edu Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Cholesterol in Plants? Date: 13 Sep 1994 13:53:23 -0600 Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 12 Sender: kim@triton.unm.edu Message-ID: <354vvj$gr@triton.unm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: triton.unm.edu Hello: As long as I am on the subject of plant hormones: I had been told many times that cholesterol is unknown in the plant world, and yet Ecdysone is a steroid hormone. So, is it synthesized via cholesterol? Is no food actually "safe" and "virtuous" ? (I ask a little tongue in cheek) Daniel Kim From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!MUDSPRING.UPLB.EDU.PH!rar From: rar@MUDSPRING.UPLB.EDU.PH ("Ramon A. Razal") Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: e-mail address of International Foundation for Science Date: 14 Sep 1994 02:28:22 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 13 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I would like to know of the e-mail address of the International Foundation for Science Grev Turegatan 19 S-114 38 Stockholm/Sweden I'm trying to beat a deadline and it would help if I could correspond with IFS by e-mail at this time. Thanks in advance. Ramon A. Razal University of the Philippines Los Banos College of Forestry Philippines From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Sep 13 23:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!news.sprintlink.net!netaxis.com!netaxis.com!not-for-mai