From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!news.duke.edu!news.ysu.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!cpip.kent.edu!Phoenix!lwillia3 From: lwillia3@Phoenix.kent.edu (Williams Lori ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Does anyone Know? Date: 2 Oct 1995 03:12:34 GMT Organization: Kent State University Information Systems Lines: 2 Message-ID: <44nlb2$mom@cpip.kent.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.kent.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] a plant with parallel venation compound leaves. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!suncom.rz.hu-berlin.de!news From: h0367naa@rz.hu-berlin.de (Carsten Richter) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Rubisco, Help needed Date: 2 Oct 1995 10:43:12 GMT Organization: Humboldt-University Berlin Lines: 6 Message-ID: <44ofo0$hf0@suncom.rz.hu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip3.rz.hu-berlin.de X-Newsreader: WinVN version 0.82 I am looking for an essay for Rubisco. Who can give me a literature-hint or send me an essay via e-mail? My e-mail adress: h0367naa@rz.hu-berlin.de Thank you. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!rbgkew.org.uk!usenet From: Henk Beentje Subject: Re: mopane?? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: hbeentje-pc Message-ID: Sender: usenet@news.rbgkew.org.uk (News Daemon) Organization: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, TW9 3AE, England X-Newsreader: Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 13:21:27 GMT Lines: 17 Bram.Wolthoorn@inter.NL.net (Bram wolthoorn) writes: > >I am looking for the exact description of the species 'mopane', as used in ...to the mopane forests of Samburu... What kind of tree/shrub is this?? Can someone give me the latin name and the specification of this plant?? Colophospermum mopane (Leguminosae) is a tree 4-18 m high, dominant over large areas of Southern Africa in hot, low areas. Often forms pure stands, leaves resemble butterfly wings, droop during hottest time of day. Levaes are important animal fodder; wood very durable. Don't know about Samburu though, if this refers to the Kenyan tribe there would be no mopane there! Henk (lukte niet on terug te sturen per email, vandaar posting) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.duke.edu!phoenix5!mturner From: mturner@acpub.duke.edu (mel turner) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Does anyone Know? Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 02:42:02 Organization: Duke Univ. Lines: 6 Message-ID: References: <44nlb2$mom@cpip.kent.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix5.botany.duke.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <44nlb2$mom@cpip.kent.edu> lwillia3@Phoenix.kent.edu (Williams Lori ) writes: > a plant with parallel venation compound leaves. Most palms. Some cycads also come close enough. mdt From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!dale.ucdavis.edu!ez051699 From: Lisa Abbott Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Star Jasmine balcony? Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 22:12:37 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 14 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dale.ucdavis.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: ez051699@dale.ucdavis.edu I live in Davis, CA (zone 14?) and am looking for something to block my upstairs balcony from the neighbors view that is attractive and fragrant. I do not want something that dies during the winter. Star jasmine was suggested, so I bought a trellis and large redwood pots. The balcony gets full sun through most of the day; the winters can get cold and wet (no snow of course :). My questions are: 1. Will Star Jasmine do well as a container pot? 2. Is there some other plant I should be considering? Thanks in advance for any help! Lisa From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.win.net!agroviron!jshine Newsgroups: bionet.plants Message-ID: <60@agroviron.win.net> References: <44bab3$r3h@khyber.ncc.up.pt> <44dqeq$89l@otis.netspace.net.au> <812372265snz@indhort.demon.co.uk><1995Sep29.102406.6962@tower> Reply-To: jshine@agroviron.win.net (James M. Shine, Jr.) From: jshine@agroviron.win.net (James M. Shine, Jr.) Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 00:19:56 GMT Subject: Re: Help! Meaning of "cv" Lines: 55 In article <1995Sep29.102406.6962@tower>, BUFFALOS STOMP GATORS (jlsch@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu) writes: > That is the point -- 'cultivar' does NOT only refer to plants that are vegetatively propagated. > >In article <812372265snz@indhort.demon.co.uk>, Piers Trehane writes: >> In article >> arkrause@amherst.edu "Alan" writes: > >Good grief piers, > >be careful with the use of the word most. Many crops cultivars >(for example many tree crops such as Citrus, Apple, Pear, etc.) >are asexually propagated. You sight corn for an example. Most, >if not all, commercial corn grown is from hybrid seed which would >not be a true cultivar. > > > >> >>> stephen fitzgerald wrote: >>> >>> > >I need to know what is the meaning of the abbreviation "cv" >>> > >>> > Cv is indeed Cultivars which is a new fangled word for 'Cultivated >>> Varieties'. In >most countries there is a cultivar register. If the >>> characteristic of the selection is >constant then the plant can be >>> registered and even patented. It is not a >>> > recognised botanical group like 'species'. >>> > >>> I believe it is also true that cultivars cannot be sexually propagated. >>> Offspring are available by asexual propagation only, i.e. cuttings, >>> layerings,etc. >> >> >> You are absolutely wrong here Alan: _most_ cultivars are raised from seed - >> think about all the corn/rice/fodder/vegetable crops in the world. They >> are mostly sold as "varieties" - a term which in this sense, is exactly >> equivalent to the word "cultivar". >> >> In the US, a cultivar may only be patented if it is propagated vegetatively: >> seed-raised cultivars have to have Plant Breeders' Rights attached if the >> originator wants to earn cash from national/international sales of his new >> cultivar. >> >> OK ? >> >> Piers >> -- >> ________________________________________________ >> Piers Trehane - Editor of "INDEX HORTENSIS" >> Hampreston Manor, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7LX, UK >> piers@indhort.demon.co.uk > From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!service-2.agate.net!modem6.midcoast.com!treehaus From: Richard Grant Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: More on the Spider Plant Date: 2 Oct 1995 11:06:56 GMT Organization: Threnody Engine Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <44oh4h$3qg@service-2.agate.net> References: <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem6.midcoast.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.4_68K X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 11:04:40 GMT In article <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> Bethany S. Keenan, bkeenan@er7.rutgers.edu writes: >what is a good ivyish plant for a low light room? How about ivy? There are about 400 named cultivars in circulation, mostly selected forms of Hedera helix, and for the most part they are pretty bulletproof. Follow the same general regime as for the spider plant: good drainage, not too much water or fertilizer (especially in low light). There's a mail order supplier called Ivies of the World, if you really want to look for a gourmet variety. ('Green Ripple' is possibly the best for indoor cultivation.) Cheers -- rg "I realized that everything in the world was an interplay of identical particles: the trees, the water, you. All was unified, equivalent, divine." Nabokov, SOUNDS <1923> physics imitates fiction http://www.midcoast.com/~treehaus From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.interpac.be!usenet From: phil@chaineux.centexbel.be (Philippe LEMAIRE) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Seeds wanted !? Date: 2 Oct 1995 12:38:10 GMT Organization: Centexbel Lines: 17 Message-ID: <44omfi$jk8@donald.interpac.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: centexbel.interpac.be Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.10 Hello all, I don't know weither it is the good place for this but I'm looking for some seeds of plants that should grow in Belgium but that I cannot locate. I'm mostly interested in Magnolia Grandiflora and Genista Aethnensis ! If one can help me please send me an email ! Otherwise sorry to have bother you ! Regards, From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!news.wau.nl!usenet From: Maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl (Maarten van Helden) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: More on the Spider Plant Date: 2 Oct 1995 10:39:15 GMT Organization: ENTO Lines: 41 Message-ID: <44ofgj$2it@Trex.IenD.wau.nl> References: <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> Reply-To: maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: flex064.dbh.wau.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu>, bkeenan@er7.rutgers.edu says... > >First of all, thanks to everyone who responded (especially the cook college >alum, pretty funny, I'm on Douglass). Here's what I was told and what I'm >doing: > 1) Yellow or brown = too much water? > Okay, I don't water it too much now > 2) yellow or brown = not enough water > Okay I'm confused > 3) It will adapt to light > Good... I only have one window > 4) It should be fertilized > I'm buying some this week > 5) I should put drainage holes in the pot > I did, it seemed to help. >So hopefully my plant will revive itself, with your help. If you guys >could just clear up if yellow/brown means too much water, or too little, >I'd be set. > Also, what is a good ivyish plant for a low light room? > Thank you all so much > Bethany Just to make it a little clearer: If a plant does not get enough water it will wilt and turn brown (Anon et al. 1901). This is usually caused by a lack of water uptake by the roots which can be caused by a lack of water in the pot (then you should water it more) or a problem in the function of the roots. If the plant gets too much water the roots will be immersed. This will cause rotting of the roots and they then cannot function as they should. So, the symptom might be the same: the plant will wilt. So check the soil, that's the best place to see what's causing the problem. -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ||\\ //|| Dr. Maarten van Helden || \\// || Dept. of Entomology || \/ || Wageningen Agricultural University |||||||||| Binnenhaven 7, 6709 PD || || Wageningen, the Netherlands || || Tel +31-317-485118 Fax +31-317-484821 || || Email: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: Cpurvis Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: More on the Spider Plant (P.S.) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 17:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Organization: News & Observer Public Access Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.nando.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> P.S. In the first line, I meant it to say "don't plan when you water a plant" instead of "don't plant when you water" Sorry! I didn't notice it until the computer had started sending it! If there are any other mistakes, I'm sorry! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: Cpurvis Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: More on the Spider Plant Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 17:30:35 -0400 (EDT) Organization: News & Observer Public Access Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.nando.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <44mhr7$enr@er7.rutgers.edu> When watering a plant, don't plant when you are going to water the plant. Instead, water when it is needed. This works for almost all (if not all) plants. To determine if the plant needs watering, *feel* of the soil surface. If it is dry or warm, your plant needs watering. If it is moist or cool, your plant does not need watering. This works because the surface of the soil dries out before the rest. If you decide your plant needs water, pour it some until it runs out the bottom of the pot. (this is why you need drainage holes) When the soil dries, it pulls away from the edges of the pot. So, when some people think that they have "drowned" a plant because water runs right out the bottom of the pot, they really haven't watered it at all because the water has actually ran down the crack along the edge of the pot. In a few minutes, come back and water again, after the soil has had time to expand and close up the space around the pot. This time, water until the soil can hold no more water, and water pours out the bottom of the pot. (another good reason for drainage holes) This water running out of the bottom of the pot will take with it some soluble salts (SS) that could damage your root system if allowed to build up. These soluble salts can come from fertilizer or from minerals in your water. Also, when watering, try not to get the leaves of the plant wet, because this can promote disease. Tepid, or room temperature water is best for watering plants, because the chlorophyll of some plants, such as the African violet [_Saintpaulia_X_ionantha_] or Gloxinia [_Sinningia_speciosa_] will die if the water is cold and comes into contact with the leaves. Also, about the "ivyish" plant for low light conditions, the following plants may do the trick for you: _Epipremnum aureum_ Devil's Ivy or Golden Pothos _Ficus pumila_ Creeping Fig _Philodendron scandens 'Oxycardium'_ Heartleaf Philodendron _Plectranthus australis_ Swedish Ivy I hope all of this help and that your spider plant gets "fixed." ;) On 1 Oct 1995, Bethany S. Keenan wrote: > > First of all, thanks to everyone who responded (especially the cook college > alum, pretty funny, I'm on Douglass). Here's what I was told and what I'm > doing: > 1) Yellow or brown = too much water? > Okay, I don't water it too much now > 2) yellow or brown = not enough water > Okay I'm confused > 3) It will adapt to light > Good... I only have one window > 4) It should be fertilized > I'm buying some this week > 5) I should put drainage holes in the pot > I did, it seemed to help. > So hopefully my plant will revive itself, with your help. If you guys > could just clear up if yellow/brown means too much water, or too little, > I'd be set. > Also, what is a good ivyish plant for a low light room? > Thank you all so much > Bethany > From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!news.xnet.com!jjy From: jjy@xnet.com (James Yorton) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help with a dying Palm. Date: 2 Oct 1995 17:59:26 GMT Organization: XNet Information Systems Lines: 81 Message-ID: <44p99u$o7i@flood.xnet.com> References: <44kser$1mi@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jjy@xnet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: monsoon.xnet.com In bionet.plants Mark Hibbert writes: : : In Article<44kser$1mi@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, write: : > : > I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I : > recently purchased a 6' and 8' indoor palm plant that is quickly : dying on : > me. I'm not sure what specimen it is, but it is a single trunk with : 5 to : > 6 fronds. The smaller fronds are turning yellow and brown and : dying--and : > the larger fronds are now doing the same thing. I water them once a : week, : > they receive indirect sunlight for approximately 4 hours per day and : I : > keep the windows open whenever possible for ventilation. I even : tried : > talking to it, but that doesn't seem to help. The average : temperature in : > the house is around 68 to 70 degrees. What can I do to save them? : : I'm not certain I can help without knowing the species but here are a : few general ideas. : : First, four hours of indirect light is not enough if the rest of the : day lighting is poor. Some jungle palms do well in low light like what : they would get under a jungle canopy but desert palms are designed to : require bright or full sun for extended periods. Consider a grow lamp : and timer or move it to a more bright spot. : : Second, watering on a regular basis may not be the answer. You may be : systematically over- or under-watering. Consider buying a moisture : probe that will give you an idea of the moisture level at the root : level since the surface can be misleading. : : Third, check for drafts of cold air like you would get from air : conditioners or now dry air from heaters they will cause leaves to : yellow and drop. : : Fourth, check carefully the underside of the fronds for insect or mite : infestations. These are often easily seen and with close examination : the description can be applied to the reverse side of most plant : insecticide containers which show the most common bugs. If the problem : is spider mites (two-spotted or red) your in trouble. Those bastards : are tough and will spread like wildfire to any other plants (except : I've never seen them bother an Elephant foot palm (Beaucarnia : recurvata)). For mites, a systemic insecticide is necessary or a : garbage can. Mites can be distinguished by their producing webs for : mating when the infestation is bad. : : So, first check for bugs then check moisture levels deep down. If they : are okay then move the plant away from drafts or closer to bright : light. The hardware for these suggestions should be available where : gardening implements are sold. : : Best of luck with it. If you find out the species name let me know and : I may be a better help. : : Mark Hibbert : hibbert@mcs.com : I would agree with your diagnosis, doctor. :-) I have an Areca indoor palm that is 7 feet tall, with about 7 or 8 fronds. I've lost one frond and am losing another, more than likely due to lack of light. I spoke with a greenhouse that deals in tropicals and was told that Arecas like light from above too. This would explain why my smaller Areca and Date Palms are doing fine-- they are no more than 3 feet high and catch a lot of light. Also, when there is less light, cut down on water. By the way, just a side note, by Elephant Foot Palm do you mean Royal Palm? The kind of palms that look like a pedestal and flare out at the base? --- Jim Yorton jjy@xnet.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: PABL193-1@ Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Rubisco, Help needed Date: 2 Oct 1995 14:57:34 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 48 Message-ID: <44ouku$2bf@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <44ofo0$hf0@suncom.rz.hu-berlin.de> Reply-To: elarson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: pabl193-1.agn.uiuc.edu X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <44ofo0$hf0@suncom.rz.hu-berlin.de>, h0367naa@rz.hu-berlin.de (Carsten Richter) writes: >I am looking for an essay for Rubisco. >Who can give me a literature-hint or send me an essay via e-mail? ============ Well, I'm not going to write your paper for you, but you might look for some recent reviews by Fred Hartman (wonderful writer). Hartman FC and MR Harpel (1993) Chemical and genetic probes of the active site of D-ribulose-1,5-bisophosphate carboxylase/oxygenase: A retrospective based on the three-dimensional Structure Advances in Enzymology V. 67, pp. 1-73 Hartman FC and MR Harpel (1994) Structure, function, regulation, and assembly of D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 63, pp. 197-234 Andrews TJ, Morell MK, Kane HJ, Paul K, Quinlan GH, and Edmondson DL (1994) in Carbon Dioxide Fixation and Reduction in Biological and Model Systems (Branden CI and Schneider G, Eds.) pp 53-68 Oxford University Press Anderws TJ and Lorimer GH (1987) in The Biochemistry of Plants (Hatch, MD and Boardman, NK, Eds.) pp 53-68 Oxford University Press A recent paper from Hartmans lab is: Harpel MR, Serpersu EH, Lamerdin JA, Huang Z-H, Gage DA, and Hartman FC (1995) Oxygenation mechanism of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Structure and origin of 2-carboxytetritol 1,4-bisphosphate, a novel O2-dependent side product generated by a site-directed Mutant. Biochemistry 34: 11296-11306 With the above list, you should have access to virtually the entirety of Rubisco via references (and a bit of work in the library). Good luck. Rubisco is a large topic, so try to understand the basics, then choose some area to focus in. For a first try, simply understanding that Rubisco errantly reacts the carbon substrate with Oxygen, rather than wanted gaseous CO2, is probably the most important physiological reason for understanding this enzyme. If this is new to you, then focus a bit on understanding the physiological, biochemical and environmental effects of erroneously reacting with Oxygen, rather than CO2. Any good Plant Physiology book can get you up to speed on Rubisco, so I might try these before the more challenging reviews listed above. Eric Larson elarson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sun Oct 01 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!willis.cis.uab.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!ca1 From: "Carl H. Hovermale" Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Lawn vs Wild Violets Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 08:05:26 -0500 Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: <44mm6t$l65@omnifest.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <44mm6t$l65@omnifest.uwm.edu> If prepared right they make real good greens, taste a lot like spinich enjoy On 1 Oct 1995, Thomas A. Jarchow wrote: > I have an extreem infestation of wild violets in my lawn. Any suggestions? > > From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.net99.net!atlantis.igc.net!news.zynet.com!fg1.plk.af.mil!lynx.unm.edu!bubba.NMSU.Edu!alamo-temp-08.NMSU.Edu!ifjed From: ifjed@nmsua.nmsu.edu (Jed) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help! Meaning of "cv" Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 14:03:05 GMT Organization: Alamogordo Branch Community College Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <44bab3$r3h@khyber.ncc.up.pt> <44dqeq$89l@otis.netspace.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: alamo-temp-08.nmsu.edu In article arkrause@amherst.edu (Alan) writes: >From: arkrause@amherst.edu (Alan) >Subject: Re: Help! Meaning of "cv" >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 18:19:08 -0500 > stephen fitzgerald wrote: >> >I need to know what is the meaning of the abbreviation "cv" >> >> Cv is indeed Cultivars which is a new fangled word for 'Cultivated >Varieties'. In >most countries there is a cultivar register. If the >characteristic of the selection is >constant then the plant can be >registered and even patented. It is not a >> recognised botanical group like 'species'. >> >I believe it is also true that cultivars cannot be sexually propagated. >Offspring are available by asexual propagation only, i.e. cuttings, >layerings,etc. Not in my experience. The things that we used that were called cultivars were sexually-propagated. Perhaps we or the people supplying us were misusing the word. / \ í// \\ */// \\\* //// \\\\* ///// \\\\\ | | | | | | | | "Stay in your own cubicle, please." Some historians attribute this remark to Mark Twain, however, it's actually from Matt Groenig. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!news.wau.nl!usenet From: Maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl (Maarten van Helden) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Lawn vs Wild Violets Date: 3 Oct 1995 08:26:23 GMT Organization: ENTO Lines: 42 Message-ID: <44qs3f$aeb@Trex.IenD.wau.nl> References: <44mm6t$l65@omnifest.uwm.edu> <44mqts$t7o@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: maarten.vanhelden@medew.ento.wau.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: flex064.dbh.wau.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 In article <44mqts$t7o@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, d_micro@ix.netcom.com says... > >In <44mm6t$l65@omnifest.uwm.edu> tjarchow@omnifest.uwm.edu (Thomas A. >Jarchow) writes: >> >>I have an extreem infestation of wild violets in my lawn. Any >suggestions? > >>>>Violets and other broadleaf pests appear early in spring. If >>>>ypur grass is dormant (such as zozzia or bermuda), stray with >>>>a weak solution of RoundUp. Be Sure your grass is dormant when >>>>the Round-Up is sprayed. I prefer to use pre-emergence fertilizer >>>>in early spring to get the chick-weed, and light applications of >>>>broad leaf herbicides (containing 2-4-D) during the warm portions of >>>>the year. The application MUST BE DONE right after a rain, while the >>>>grass is still wet. I have bermuda grass and my lat/long is 34/83 >>>>repectively. Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is bound to go wrong with roundup!! Roundup will kill any actively growing plant. So this will cause problems. However there are some weed killers which are specific against dicotyledons (most "broad leaved plants). These substances are actualy growth regulators and should be used during warm dry weather while the plants are actively growing (spring is ideal) but *not* wet. The herbicides are taken up by the plant, transported to the growing tips and roots and cause severe growth distortion and death. Such herbicides contain MCPA (2-methyl-4-chloorfenoxyaceticacid), fluroxypyr, mecoprop-p or tryclopyr as active ingredients. A good garden center should be able to help you with this. Maarten - ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ||\\ //|| Dr. Maarten van Helden || \\// || Dept. of Entomology || \/ || Wageningen Agricultural University |||||||||| Binnenhaven 7, 6709 PD || || Wageningen, the Netherlands || || Tel +31-317-485118 Fax +31-317-484821 || || Email: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!news.lava.net!usenet From: egilding@lava.net (Edward K. Gilding) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Nepenthes Habitat Data Date: Mon, 02 Oct 95 21:16:35 PST Organization: Test-Tube Tropicals Lines: 7 Message-ID: <44qnge$cp2@malasada.lava.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup057.lava.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.9 Does anyone know where I could find Information on the localities of Nepenthes spp. in The Phillipines? Thank you, egilding@lava.net From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!willis.cis.uab.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!news.rtd.com!news From: sabotage Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Cactus stickers-glochids-HELP! Date: 3 Oct 1995 04:43:48 GMT Organization: RTD Internet Access, a division of RTD Systems & Networking, Inc. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <44qf24$7of@baygull.rtd.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp101.rtd.com Glochids are tiny hairlike stickers found on many cholla and prickly pear cactii. When viewed from any distance they would appear to be nothing more than fuzzy little bundles. These hairs are very dangerous! They range in size from microscopic to 5 mm. Most of them are clear. Human body contact with glocids can lead to a horrible medical dilema. They cause allergic reactions in many people due to the stickers themselves or due to the fungus that thrives on them. Glochids can also be blown from the ground or off of the cactus and stick to your skin. The slightest touch can then force them deeper into the skin. They are very flimsy and break apart when an attempt is made to remove them. Glochids can remain in the human body for many years. There are several techniques for removing glochids from the skin, but none of them will assure 100 percent removal. If you get into them, go to a doctor that has heard of them and has experience treating cactus stickers in the skin. WASTE NO TIME GOING TO THE DOCTOR! If you wait too long the portion of the stickers above the skin will rub and break off, leaving a large portion in your body. If you do not find a doctor that is knowledgeable on this subject it is HIGHLY LIKELY THEY WILL SAY YOU ARE DELUSIONAL! If this happens, FIGHT IT! The associated pain due to these nasty buggers, especially if you have any type of sensitivity to them, will be horrifying to the extent that you may contemplate suicide to end the pain that the doctors have refused to treat, or not know how to treat. Please contact me if you know what a glocid is. I need help! My e-mail address is sabotage@rtd.com. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!info.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: "Ralph D. Arnold" Newsgroups: bionet.plants,sci.agriculture,bionet.cellbio,sci.bio Subject: T/C of Corn Endosperm Cells (And wild rice/Zinania?)? Date: Mon, 2 Oct 95 22:40:22 PST Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <90971.rarnold@teleport.com> Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-pdx17-15.teleport.com X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_17A X-POPMail-Charset: English Xref: biosci bionet.plants:8652 sci.agriculture:5559 I need to make tissue cultures of corn endosperm cells (and wild rice/ Zizania). Any suggestions on where I might find this info? Have you personally done it? Any advice! I am familiar with fungus culture techniques. Similiar/different?? PS: besides posting to this fine newsgroup, would you please copy to my email address. Thanks! Ralph Ralph D. Arnold rarnold@teleport.com P.O. Box 889, Oregon City, OR 97045 voicemail: 503-656-4709 http://www.mtjeff.com/fungi From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!ca1 From: "Carl H. Hovermale" Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Lawn vs Wild Violets Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 10:23:23 -0500 Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: <44mm6t$l65@omnifest.uwm.edu> <44mqts$t7o@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <44qs3f$aeb@Trex.IenD.wau.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <44qs3f$aeb@Trex.IenD.wau.nl> If you want to get rid of the violets and your lawn is not st augustine you can use 2-4,D But be sure to check the label and see if your grass is not sensitive. most garden stores will have a material which will take care of the broadleaf plants. be sure you obey the label. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!CLS.BIOL.SC.EDU!CZAKO From: CZAKO@CLS.BIOL.SC.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Bean genes Date: 3 Oct 1995 15:40:55 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 11 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Could someone please give me a pointer to the "BeanGenes" mailing list? Thank you in advance. end Mihaly Czako Ph.D. Research Associate Department of Biological Sciences University of South Carolina 700 Sumter st, Columbia, SC 29208 U.S.A. Tel: (803)-777-8928; FAX: (803)-777-4002 czako@cls.biol.sc.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: invu311@aol.com (INVU311) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: plant virology Date: 3 Oct 1995 17:54:24 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <44sbeg$9ns@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: invu311@aol.com (INVU311) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I am a HS senior doing an AP project on plant viruses and would like some help or information about interesting or puzzling phenomena on this topic. In other words, if you have any ideas on What I should research, it would help..... From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!UCSC.CL!cmiranda From: cmiranda@UCSC.CL Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: orchids seeds Date: 3 Oct 1995 14:56:44 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9510032148.AA04295@david> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi all I want express my intention to know where and how to obtain orchids seeds, How much it costs. I live in Chile and here there is not places for obtain it. Please, any information will be grateful. (Excuse me, my english is poor). Thans for your time and attention. Coti - Chile, Sudamerica - (-: From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!rbgkew.org.uk!usenet From: J.Morley@rbgkew.org.uk (James Morley) Subject: Re: Cactus stickers-glochids-HELP! X-Nntp-Posting-Host: jmorleys-pc Message-ID: Sender: usenet@news.rbgkew.org.uk (News Daemon) Organization: The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ References: <44qf24$7of@baygull.rtd.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 18:19:35 GMT Lines: 53 Try looking in: Mitchell, J. & Rook, A. 1979. Botanical Dermatology. Plants and Plant Products Injurious to the Skin. Greengrass: Vancouver, BC. Lovell, C.R. 1993. Plants and the Skin. Blackwell: Oxford. From what I recall they both have info. By the way, an electronic version of the former is now available (in development) at http://medusa.cf.ac.uk/ though I've found the connection a little temperamental. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Morley J.Morley@rbgkew.org.uk Centre for Economic Botany Royal Botanic Gardens Tel. (0)181 332 5719 Kew, Richmond Fax. (0)181 332 5278 Surrey TW9 3AE UK WWW http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In article <44qf24$7of@baygull.rtd.com>, sabotage says: > >Glochids are tiny hairlike stickers found on many cholla and prickly >pear cactii. When viewed from any distance they would appear to be >nothing more than fuzzy little bundles. These hairs are very >dangerous! They range in size from microscopic to 5 mm. Most of >them are clear. Human body contact with glocids can lead to a >horrible medical dilema. They cause allergic reactions in many >people due to the stickers themselves or due to the fungus that >thrives on them. Glochids can also be blown from the ground or >off of the cactus and stick to your skin. The slightest touch can >then force them deeper into the skin. They are very flimsy and >break apart when an attempt is made to remove them. Glochids can >remain in the human body for many years. There are several >techniques for removing glochids from the skin, but none of them >will assure 100 percent removal. If you get into them, go to a >doctor that has heard of them and has experience treating cactus >stickers in the skin. WASTE NO TIME GOING TO THE DOCTOR! If you >wait too long the portion of the stickers above the skin will rub >and break off, leaving a large portion in your body. If you do not >find a doctor that is knowledgeable on this subject it is HIGHLY >LIKELY THEY WILL SAY YOU ARE DELUSIONAL! If this happens, FIGHT IT! >The associated pain due to these nasty buggers, especially if you >have any type of sensitivity to them, will be horrifying to the >extent that you may contemplate suicide to end the pain that the >doctors have refused to treat, or not know how to treat. Please >contact me if you know what a glocid is. I need help! My e-mail >address is sabotage@rtd.com. > > From owner-plants@net.bio.net Mon Oct 02 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!hookup!nstn.ns.ca!ac.dal.ca!tchipman Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Inquiry: Clean src for Chara, or cleanup protocol..? Message-ID: <1995Oct3.112400.41866@ac.dal.ca> From: tchipman@is.dal.ca (Tim Chipman) Date: 3 Oct 95 11:23:59 -0300 Nntp-Posting-Host: is.dal.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 32 While I realize this may not be the most appropriate group for this posting, it is the best I could do. Instead of flaming me on this point, feel free to suggest a more appropriate group :-) I am hoping to acquire a relatively clean culture of a macrophytic freshwater algae, Chara (A charophycean algae). I have recently acquired some field-collected Chara from a local pond, but I am somewhat concerned about the liklihood of ever getting an axenic culture from what is obviously a mess of other epiphytes growing on the Chara, not to mention the beetles and snails that were unintentionally collected. Thus, my request is this: Does anyone know of -Any source that has relatively clean Chara cultures? (Axenic ideally of course!) -Any protocol for establishing axenic cultures from field-collected material? -Any protocol for cleaning up the field-collected material without killing it to yield something significantly less contaminated by other species? If you do have any suggestions on any of these topics, please email me at: Tchipman@is.dal.ca I really would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thanks very much! Tim Chipman From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!citi2.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!pm3-14.magicnet.net!user From: ash@magicnet.net (Nick J Kougioulis) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Where can I find picts. of trees? Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 21:08:50 -0400 Organization: MagicNet, Inc. Lines: 4 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3-14.magicnet.net I desperately need a picture of an aspen to complete a school project I'm working on. Please help if you can... From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!qns3.qns.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!badlands!dahleen From: dahleen@badlands.NoDak.edu (Lynn S Dahleen) Subject: Re: Help! Meaning of "cv" Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:24:13 GMT References: <44bab3$r3h@khyber.ncc.up.pt> Nntp-Posting-Host: badlands.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 Joao Miranda (jmiranda) wrote: : I need to know what is the meaning of the abbreviation "cv" on following : sentence: : - Samples of 16 species and cv of pineapples were analysed for : bromelain activity. The cv above probably means "cultivar", which are unique genotypes bred by plant breeders for specific traits. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon.jsc.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!btnet!news.insnet.net!news.netkonect.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: PZDV69A@prodigy.com (Liz Lightfoot) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Mushrooms Wild and Edible - book wanted Date: 4 Oct 1995 14:33:45 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <44u609$tvm@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap4.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 I am looking for the book "Mushrooms Wild and Edible" by Vincent Marteka to purchase. It seems to be out of print now. If you have a copy that you would like to sell me. Please e-mail me at: - LIZ LIGHTFOOT PZDV69A@prodigy.com Thank you! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!warwick!griffin.nott.ac.uk!usenet From: "Christian J. Terry" Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Seeds wanted !? Date: 4 Oct 1995 14:13:30 GMT Organization: University of Nottingham Lines: 14 Message-ID: <44u4qa$e40@griffin.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> References: <44omfi$jk8@donald.interpac.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: wccsba6.nottingham.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: phil@chaineux.centexbel.be You can purchase seed of both species form Chiltern Seeds, Bortree Style, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BP, England Hope this has been useful Christian Terry From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!cs.utk.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!news.ecn.bgu.edu!newspump.wustl.edu!crcnews.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!mhare From: mhare@unlinfo.unl.edu (michael hare) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Naturalist Writer Paul Johnsgard Date: 4 Oct 1995 13:32:00 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lines: 8 Message-ID: <44u2cg$2af@crcnis3.unl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Naturalist Writer Paul Johnsgard will sign copies of his new book _This Fragile Land_ on October 7th from 3-5 pm in his hometown of Lincoln Nebraska This book looks at the plants and wildlife of the Nebraska Sandhills phone orders can be placed at (402) 475 7323 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!unixhub!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!usenet From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Plant Database Date: 4 Oct 1995 20:54:45 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 8 Message-ID: <44usal$7lr@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <44cebu$3oc@peach.america.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.32.166.189 Our company sells a botanical database system that might be suitable for this project. For more information see: http://www.hooked.net/users/overmind/index.html - Tim Johnson Overmind Software From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news.Arizona.EDU!ag.arizona.edu!lebasil From: Leslie Basel Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Cactus stickers-glochids-HELP! Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 20:34:49 -0700 Organization: The University of Arizona Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <44qf24$7of@baygull.rtd.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ag.arizona.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <44qf24$7of@baygull.rtd.com> Our here in the southwest (Tucson, AZ), we have a fairly simple and effective way of getting rid of the small stickers/stiff cactus hairs that burrow into the skin. We either apply fresh scotch tape to the skin, then yank; or apply a moderately thin layer of Elmer's glue to the skin, allow to dry, then peel off. You are right, you had better get them out in a timely manner, otherwise they will drive you nuts. Worse, the tape and glue tricks don't work if the stickers are buried too deeply into the skin. I hope this is the type of information you wanted. Good luck. Leslie Basel lebasil@ag.arizona.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!qns3.qns.com!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!plains!lhorvath From: lhorvath@plains.NoDak.edu (Lorine S Horvath) Subject: flowering in euphorbia Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 16:50:45 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network (NDHECN) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 16 Unto all more knowledgable than myself, I am doing genetic research on Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge), and it would be increadibly helpful to be able to get these plants to flower on comand. However, I have been unable to ID the right conditions to bring about flowering. In the wild, these plants begin flowering in May, and continue flowering through August. I have tried acclimating the plants to short days (8 hour light/16 hour darkness) for two weeks and then moving them to long day photoperiod (24 hour light) with no success. I am currently trying a cold treatment along with photoperiod changes. Does anyone have any suggestions? Does anyone know of any published studies where researchers induced flowering in other long day perenials? Any help or advice will be appreciated. Dave Horvath USDA/ARS/BRL Fargo, ND From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!agate!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!hkuxb.hku.hk!usenet From: Siu Sun Carol Subject: Re: UK Amateur botany - where do I start? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: To: st875388@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl Sender: usenet@hkuxb.hku.hk (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: 147.8.203.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: The University of Hong Kong References: <43jr2v$ptn@mailer.york.ac.uk> <43s9pj$m71@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 06:49:33 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 5 I am a Biology student in Hong Kong. Could you tell me what you have learnt in the field course? It should be very interesting for you to share with me, right? I'm looking forward to your reply! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!agate!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!hkuxb.hku.hk!usenet From: Siu Sun Carol Subject: Re: UK Amateur botany - where do I start? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: To: st875388@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl Sender: usenet@hkuxb.hku.hk (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: 147.8.203.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: The University of Hong Kong References: <43jr2v$ptn@mailer.york.ac.uk> <43s9pj$m71@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 06:48:28 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 5 I am a Biology student in Hong Kong. Could you tell me what you have learnt in the field course? It should be very interesting for you to share with me, right? I'm looking forward to your reply! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.mindlink.net!agate!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!hkuxb.hku.hk!usenet From: Siu Sun Carol Subject: Re: UK Amateur botany - where do I start? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: To: st875388@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl Sender: usenet@hkuxb.hku.hk (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: 147.8.203.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: The University of Hong Kong References: <43jr2v$ptn@mailer.york.ac.uk> <43s9pj$m71@highway.LeidenUniv.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 06:46:22 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 5 I am a Biology student in Hong Kong. Could you tell me what you have learnt in the field course? It should be very interesting for you to share with me, right? I'm looking forward to your reply! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: klura@ix.netcom.com (Keith Lura) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Oak tissue-culture question Date: 4 Oct 1995 03:46:38 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Message-ID: <44t02u$s5u@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min1-08.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Oct 03 8:46:38 PM PDT 1995 I would greatly appreciate learning about any information related to the tissue-culturing of oaks. I have learned that a growth medium based upon cornstarch instead of expensive seaweed agar has had better results with propogation of such plants as apple trees which are said to be rather difficult; perhaps this would hold true for members of the genus Quercus as well. Many, many thanks in advance for any knowledge that can be passed on. Stefan Lura From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: klura@ix.netcom.com (Keith Lura) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: winter leaves Date: 4 Oct 1995 03:39:23 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 32 Message-ID: <44svlb$s9i@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> References: <43td8d$7ss@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>,<43ub56$pf2@mercury.cc.uottawa.ca> <1995Oct3.165609.18696@es.dupont.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min1-08.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Oct 03 8:39:23 PM PDT 1995 >In article <43ub56$pf2@mercury.cc.uottawa.ca>, mchili@aix1.uottawa.ca () writes: >>Ken Calhoun (kencal@ix.netcom.com) wrote: >>: I was wondering if anyone knows of a tree that doesn't loose it's >>: leaves in the winter (not pine needles). I know evergreens keep their >>: needles but don't know of a non-tropical tree that keeps it's leaves. I know of a few plants which keep their leaves and also may be hardy in that region of Canada. First, there is the English holly (Ilex aquifolium) which was mentioned by someone else-- I have gotten it to survive quite nicely in zone 4a Minnesota winters. The second possible tree could be the southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). It has two reputedly hardy varieties, "Edith Bogue" which should survive to -20F. or -30F; the second is "Bracken's Brown Beauty", which is said to be even hardier but is very hard to come by in the trade and is somewhat expensive. Another tree which I am trying to find is an asian oak (Lithocarpus henryi) which, with protection while young, should tolerate temperatures to about -25F. with relatively intact green leaves. There is also a very, very rare small (about 30 feet tall at maturity) eucalyptus from the Australian Alps with only one presently sold-out small-scale seller in the entire country-- I am pleased to have one growing well after its first zone 4a Minnesota winter; it was expensive, but I would deem it the prize of the gardening world if there ever was one. I hope this helps! Stefan Lura (Minnesota exotic plant experimentor) From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!cs.utk.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!emory!darwin.sura.net!gatekeeper.es.dupont.com!esds01.es.dupont.com!HELDRETH@esvx23.es.dupont.com From: heldreth@esvx23.es.dupont.com (Kathleen M. Heldreth) Subject: Re: winter leaves Message-ID: <1995Oct3.165609.18696@es.dupont.com> Sender: news@es.dupont.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: esvx23.es.dupont.com Reply-To: heldreth@esvx23.es.dupont.com Organization: DuPont (Opinions are those of the writer only) References: <43td8d$7ss@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>,<43ub56$pf2@mercury.cc.uottawa.ca> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 16:56:09 GMT Lines: 22 In article <43ub56$pf2@mercury.cc.uottawa.ca>, mchili@aix1.uottawa.ca () writes: >Ken Calhoun (kencal@ix.netcom.com) wrote: >: I was wondering if anyone knows of a tree that doesn't loose it's >: leaves in the winter (not pine needles). I know evergreens keep their >: needles but don't know of a non-tropical tree that keeps it's leaves. > >The only tree I know of that keeps its leaves all winter here in Canada >is a Pin Oak. The leaves die in fall like most deciduous trees, but most >of the leaves stay on all winter. The shoots push off the old leaves in >the spring. It makes for twice the raking. > >There is a tree with needles that in fact sheds its needles in the fall. >That tree is called a Siberian Larch. > >Hope that helps with your nephew's project. > >Mike. The first plants thatcame to my mind are Magnolia grandiflora and the leather-leaf viburnum. K.M.Heldreth Newark, DE From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.magicnet.net!pm3-14.magicnet.net!user From: ash@magicnet.net (Nick J Kougioulis) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Where can I find picts. of trees? Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 21:08:50 -0400 Organization: MagicNet, Inc. Lines: 4 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3-14.magicnet.net I desperately need a picture of an aspen to complete a school project I'm working on. Please help if you can... From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!hobbes.cc.uga.edu!wpgrad!wparrott From: wparrott@uga.cc.uga.edu (Wayne Parrott) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help! Meaning of "cv" Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 17:07:05 Organization: Univ. of Georgia Crop Science Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <44bab3$r3h@khyber.ncc.up.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: wparrott.cropsoil.uga.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article dahleen@badlands.NoDak.edu (Lynn S Dahleen) writes: >From: dahleen@badlands.NoDak.edu (Lynn S Dahleen) >Subject: Re: Help! Meaning of "cv" >Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 12:24:13 GMT >Joao Miranda (jmiranda) wrote: >: I need to know what is the meaning of the abbreviation "cv" on following >: sentence: >: - Samples of 16 species and cv of pineapples were analysed for >: bromelain activity. >The cv above probably means "cultivar", which are unique genotypes bred >by plant breeders for specific traits. Let's also get rid of the idea that cultivars are unique genotypes. While some cultivars are unique genotypes (i.e., asexually progated cultivars, hybrids, and self-pollinated cultivars derived from a single, homozygous seed), the rest would not be. This includes cultivars of cross-pollinated, seed derived crops, and cultivars consisting of blends or mixtures of self-pollinated crops (including early-generation composites). A simple definition for a cultivar is from Fehr's Principles of Cultivar Development. It states that "Variety: Subdivision of species for taxonomic classification. Used interchangeably genetically with the term cultivar to denote a group of individuals that are distinct genetically from other groups of individuals in the species." Thus, the individuals in a cultivar are expected to have a distinguishing genetic characteristic in common, but other than that, need not be of the same genotype. Finally, there is nothing to say that a cultivar must be the result of a breeding program. Land races, ecotypes (whatever may be the difference between these two terms), and even individual genotypes collected from the wild have at various times been released as cultivars. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!newshost.comco.com!news1.cris.com!news From: Kelley Jenkins Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: On-line Discussion w/ 1995 World Food Prize Laureate Date: 4 Oct 1995 15:45:32 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <44ua6s$dgp@spectator.cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crc4-fddi.cris.com You are invited to join in an interactive conversation with the 1995 World Food Prize Laureate, the winner of the foremost international award that recognizes the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food. The chat session will immediatelely follow the announcement of the 1995 World Food Prize Laureate. This opportunity will allow you to be one of the the first to talk with the 1995 Laureate, a noted Swiss eco-scientist who has spent the last 18 years in Africa working to solve its agricultural, environmental and economic problems, particularly in rural areas. This year's recipient of the prize will be recognized for his outstanding achievements as a scientist who has effectively utilized the power of nature to further develop sustainable agriculture and improve the security of the world's food supply, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: If you have World Wide Web access, use your Web browser (such as Netscape or Mosiac) to reach the World Food Prize Web site. The World Food Prize site will offer a direct hyperlink into a reserved chat room. You can find the World Food Prize site at http://www.netins.net/showcase/wfp The chat session will take place on Monday, Oct. 16 at 11:00 am (Eastern Daylight Time). It is scheduled for about one hour. If you have any questions, technical or otherwise, please feel free to e-mail me, Kelley Jenkins (kjenkins@shandwick.com) or call me at (202) 383-9712. Also, I would very much appreciate hearing from you if you are planning to particiapte. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!news.alaska.edu!aurora.alaska.edu!fsjlc5 From: fsjlc5@aurora.alaska.edu (n) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: ethnobotany Date: 3 Oct 1995 01:45:28 GMT Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks Lines: 5 Message-ID: <44q4jo$nn0@news.alaska.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aurora.alaska.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] There is a major attempt to gather information on native Alaskan plants reguarding medicinal, spiritual, edible, gardening, etc. If anyone has info on this subject please feel free to respond. thanks fsjlc5@aurora.alaska.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: d_micro@ix.netcom.com (Michael L Roginsky ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Mushrooms Wild and Edible - book wanted Date: 4 Oct 1995 21:36:54 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 17 Message-ID: <44uupm$33u@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <44u609$tvm@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-atl9-10.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Oct 04 2:36:54 PM PDT 1995 In <44u609$tvm@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com> PZDV69A@prodigy.com (Liz Lightfoot) writes: > >I am looking for the book "Mushrooms Wild and Edible" by Vincent Marteka >to purchase. It seems to be out of print now. If you have a copy that >you would like to sell me. Please e-mail me at: >- > LIZ LIGHTFOOT PZDV69A@prodigy.com > > >Thank you! >>> >>>>No book, but only experts can clearly identify the edible ones! >>>>Use extreme care.......good luck..........Micro. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Tue Oct 03 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!warwick!griffin.nott.ac.uk!usenet From: "Christian J. Terry" Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Worsleya procera wanted Date: 4 Oct 1995 14:38:48 GMT Organization: University of Nottingham Lines: 9 Message-ID: <44u69o$eaj@griffin.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: wccsba6.nottingham.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Does anyone know where I could get hold of seed/bulbs of the South American Amaryllid, Worsleya procera. Any leads would be greatly appreciated Christian Terry From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: Mark Hibbert Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help with a dying Palm. Date: Thu, 05 Oct 95 01:08:35 PDT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 76 Message-ID: References: <44kser$1mi@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <44p99u$o7i@flood.xnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hibbert.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In Article<44p99u$o7i@flood.xnet.com>, write: ..earlier stuff deleted... > > : I've never seen them bother an Elephant foot palm (Beaucarnia > : recurvata)). For mites, a systemic insecticide is necessary or a > : garbage can. Mites can be distinguished by their producing webs for > : mating when the infestation is bad. ..more of me blabbing deleted... > : Mark Hibbert > : hibbert@mcs.com > : > > > I would agree with your diagnosis, doctor. :-) > > I have an Areca indoor palm that is 7 feet tall, with about 7 or 8 fronds. > I've lost one frond and am losing another, more than likely due to > lack of light. I spoke with a greenhouse that deals in tropicals > and was told that Arecas like light from above too. This would explain why > my smaller Areca and Date Palms are doing fine-- they are no more than > 3 feet high and catch a lot of light. > > Also, when there is less light, cut down on water. > > By the way, just a side note, by Elephant Foot Palm do you mean > Royal Palm? The kind of palms that look like a pedestal and flare out > at the base? > > --- > Jim Yorton > jjy@xnet.com Thanks Jim, I've had many plants so I've seen lots of strange problems appear. The Elephant foot palm (Beaucarnea recurvata) is a Mexican desert plant and a member of the family Agavaceae which contains some pretty tough customers. I haven't heard it called a Royal palm but I've heard it called a Ponytail Plant or a Bottle Plant. It will grow to 30 ft in the wild but 6ft is a good size for an indoor plant. Physically, it is most often a single stem that is thick and fleshy and swells dramatically at the base. The 'leaves' look like ribbons radiating from the terminus of the plant. Larger plants will occasionally produce a second (or more) offshoot from the main stem. Enough description. I personally like them because I had a nasty two-spotted spider mite infestation ravage my collection (~60 plants most floor size). The only plant never bothered by the little bastards was my Elephant Foot Palm. Your other point about tall plants is too true. It is a shame when you have to cut back a large plant because of ceiling restrictions and diminishing light but it is fatal to true palms. They have only one terminal bud responsible for all their new leaf production and if it gets damaged (lopped off) the plant is doomed. cheers, Mark hibbert@mcs.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!a2i!infoseek.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!toby From: toby@u.washington.edu ('Toby' H D Bradshaw) Newsgroups: bionet.agroforestry,bionet.plants Subject: [VIPS] Crown ideotype for hybrid poplar Followup-To: bionet.agroforestry Date: 4 Oct 1995 23:46:14 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 84 Message-ID: <44v6c6$h0c@nntp3.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: saul3.u.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-User: toby Xref: biosci bionet.agroforestry:2071 bionet.plants:8683 There was considerable discussion at the recent International Poplar Symposium (IPS; point your Web browser at http://poplar1.cfr.washington.edu for more information) on ideotype breeding of hybrid poplar to maximize productivity in short (4-9 years) and medium (10-20 years) rotation plantations under intensive culture. To continue the discussion beyond the end of the meeting, and to include as many new participants as possible, I would like to have a Virtual International Poplar Symposium (VIPS). Hence, the [VIPS] in the header. Of many possible elements to be included in an ideotype for a domesticated tree growing in a monoclonal stand, crown architecture is one element with the potential for strong input from various disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, evolutionary biology, ecology, and genetics. The two Populus species most often involved in commercial hybrid poplar plantations in Pacific Northwestern North America are P. trichocarpa (black cottonwood; PNW native) and P. deltoides (eastern cottonwood; from eastern and central NA). These species have very different crowns: P. trichocarpa P. deltoides leaf angle hang large small tilt small large sylleptic many few branches proleptic small large branches branch steep flat angle light high lower interception apical high lower control F1 hybrids between P. trichocarpa and P. deltoides are intermediate for many of these crown characters, and superior to either parental species in growth (at least in the Pacific Northwest) and light interception. However, there is nothing to indicate that the F1 hybrids have optimized crowns for productivity, and so there is a strong interest in understanding the critical components of a crown ideotype. Ideotypes can be formulated on purely theoretical grounds, then tested empirically by breeding and selection. The ability to clonally propagate ideotypes (and their sub- optimum relatives) gives these experiments considerable statistical power. Several key questions should be answered in order to formulate a crown ideotype: 1) Which crown characters (e.g., leaf orientation, branch number) are most influential in light interception? 2) Which Populus species can contribute to the net improvement of each important crown architecture trait? 3) How do crown ideotypes vary across latitude (i.e., changes in sun angle), or gradients of temperature, or changes in light intensity, or other physical features? 4) What is the evolutionary/ecological reason for the difference in crown structure between P. trichocarpa and P. deltoides? 5) How do crown ideotypes differ between short rotations for pulpwood and medium-length rotations for veneer or lumber? 6) How much of the variation in crown traits is genetic, and how much is due to phenotypic plasticity? Toby Bradshaw | (206)616-1796 (voice) Center for Urban Horticulture | (206)616-1826 (FAX) Box 354115 | toby@u.washington.edu University of Washington | 47.39.496N 122.17.404W Seattle WA 98195 | Will make linkage maps for food. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: whlinc@ix.netcom.com (Wayne Lancaster ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Anonymous needs project with peppers. Date: 5 Oct 1995 22:22:48 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 2 Message-ID: <451lro$c8f@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-ir5-06.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Oct 05 3:22:48 PM PDT 1995 I need an idea for a Jr. High science project with peppers! Reply soon! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!lhc.nlm.nih.gov!darwin.sura.net!sol.ars-grin.gov!usenet From: nc7jr@ars-grin.gov (Bill Van Roekel) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Needed: Chenopodium rubrum seeds Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 20:13:15 GMT Organization: Agricultural Research Service Lines: 15 Message-ID: <451dqa$bt7@sol.ars-grin.gov> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.7.118 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 dmadhavi@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (dmadhavi) wrote: >Can someone suggest a source for Chenopodium rubrum seeds - US or Canadian >souces preferably. Thanks in advance. >D.L. Madhavi Ph.D >Dept. Natl. Res. Environ. Sci. >UIUC, IL. Cornucopia- A Source Book of Edible Plants by Stephen Facciola- 1990-Kampong Publications, 1870 Sunrise Drive, Vista Ca. 92084 Lists these sources: Far North Gardens, 16785 Harrison, Livonia, MI. 48154, 313-522-9040. and The Seed Source, Rte 68, Box 301, Tuckasegee, NC. 28783. Good luck. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!sunic!sunic.sunet.se!news.funet.fi!news.joensuu.fi!news From: aphalo@cc.joensuu.fi (Pedro J. Aphalo) Newsgroups: bionet.photosynthesis,bionet.plants Subject: Calculating day length Date: 5 Oct 1995 14:28:11 GMT Organization: University of Joensuu Lines: 23 Message-ID: <450q1r$j7d@cc.joensuu.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: metsapc54.joensuu.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Xref: biosci bionet.photosynthesis:873 bionet.plants:8688 Some weeks ago there was a query on how to calculate day length. Yesterday I wrote a program that does exactly that, so I thought that who posted that query (I no longer have his/her name) and hopefully others may find it useful. I have made available an executable for MS-DOS (80206 or better, with coprocessor) and the C++ source code at the following URL: http://www.joensuu.fi/~aphalo/pub/daylen/ Pedro. -- =============================================================== Pedro J. Aphalo University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, FINLAND e-mail: aphalo@cc.joensuu.fi http://www.joensuu.fi/~aphalo/ fax: +358 73 151 4444 (or +358 73 151 3590) tel: +358 73 151 4406 ,,,^..^,,, ================================================================ From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.journals.note,bionet.plants,bionet.plants.education Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!sun4nl!metropolis.nl!news From: Peter Spiering Subject: Books and Journals in Plant Sciences X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pc095.wkap.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: To: PLANT-TC@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU,plaizier@wkap.nl Sender: news@news.metropolis.nl (usenet) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 15:56:50 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Lines: 23 Xref: biosci bionet.journals.note:503 bionet.plants:8687 bionet.plants.education:101 Please let me inform you that information on all Kluwer Academic Publishers titles on Plant Sciences can be obtained from the their gopher server at: gopher://Gopher.wkap.nl:70/11gopher_root%3A%5B_wkapis._biol._3200%5D Information on other books and journals can be obtained from: gopher://gopher.wkap.nl/ Sincerely, WOLTERS KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS Marketing Department Peter Spiering Electronic Marketing Manager e-mail: peter.spiering@wkap.nl e-mail: MARKETING@wkap.nl http://www.wkap.nl/ From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!cs.utk.edu!gaia.ns.utk.edu!usenet From: fraley@utkvx.utk.edu Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Flora/Mississippi River Date: Thu, 5 Oct 95 09:25:57 +400 Organization: University of Tennessee Lines: 6 Message-ID: <450mfk$ltf@gaia.ns.utk.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: utkvx2.utk.edu I am planning a trip down the MIssissippi from the Dyersburg, Tn area to just north of Memphis. Any suggestions on useful plant books (or other plant info) for this journey would be greatly appreciated. I am very happy to hear of the possibility of a wetlands discussion group. N. Fraley From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.mcgill.ca!news From: Todd Harper Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Info on strange plants. Need YOUR help! Date: 5 Oct 1995 21:46:12 GMT Organization: McGill University Computing Centre Lines: 9 Message-ID: <451jn4$pe@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: e-04.das.mcgill.ca X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) As I went up to the himalayes on a expidition, I discovered a rare plant with gradual and straight uprooting leaves. Now,I found that to be extremely odd that a plant with green - brown leaves would be growing up there!? I took a small leaf of this plant and was unable to identify it in my lab. Would any one have any informmation of ANY plant growing in the himalayes which is not a part of tundra or such. I would greatly appreciate it. Even if you don't have info, E-Mail me on any strange plant encounters because I am trying to determine the number of odd plants normal people like you and me have encountered. Thanks a lot! Todd Harper From owner-plants@net.bio.net Wed Oct 04 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.mcgill.ca!news From: Todd Harper Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Help!!! Date: 5 Oct 1995 21:50:04 GMT Organization: McGill University Computing Centre Lines: 3 Message-ID: <451juc$pe@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: e-04.das.mcgill.ca X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Does any one know of a carnivorous plant? From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 From: petor@texas.snafu.de (Peter Hein) Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!zib-berlin.de!unlisys!desert!texas.snafu.de Newsgroups: bionet.plants Message-ID: <92000105604733880001@TEXAS> X-Mailer: Fastnet <-> RFC Konverter V1.5 Mar 25 1995 Organization: --> Texas BBS - Berlin, Germany <-- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: tree seeds Lines: 8 Date: 05 Oct 1995 23:03:08 Hi there! I live in Berlin Germany and I am interested in tree seeds from all over the world (only regions of moderate climate, like Berlin). Hope to hear from you...Petor Petor@texas.snafu.de From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!chemabs!usenet From: rag55@cas.org () Subject: Re: Japanese Journal of Genetics... ...anyone??? Message-ID: <1995Oct6.211848.29644@chemabs.uucp> Keywords: CAS, Japanese Journal of Genetics Sender: usenet@chemabs.uucp Reply-To: rag55@cas.org Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service References: Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 21:18:48 GMT Lines: 49 In article , sjurk@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (stefanie jurk) writes: > > I am *in need* of an article that was published in the Japanese > Journal of Genetics 1992, April; 67 (2): 147 - 54; > Authors: Tsutsumi N, et al. > Cannot locate this Journal here, > can anyone help out???? Stephanie, Hi. From a quick search of the CAplus file produced by the database I work at, Chemical Abstracts Service, an abstract and index entries for the article you mentioned: Tsutsumi, Nobuhiko; Kanayama, Keiko; Tano, Shigemitsu, Suppression of alpha-amylase gene expression by antisense oligonucleotide in barley cultured aleurone layers, Jpn. J. Genet. (1992), 67(2), 147-54 is there. If you're interested, it might be worthwhile checking with the reference librarian at your science library to see if your university already has an account with us. If they can't help you, check with our customer service desk at 1-800-753-4227. Also, if you need the whole article, check with our Document Delivery Service at 1-800-678-4337. There is a fee (sorry!), but they have a lot of documents. Many people think that Chemical Abstracts has only chemical information, but, a third of all the abstracts (journals, patents, conference proceedings, etc.) we put out every year come from our bio-related areas and include lots of molecular genetics abstracts like the above one. Well, I hope this helps! Roger Roger Granet Phone: (614) 447-3600, ext. 2346 Associate Scientific Information Analyst Internet: rgranet@cas.org Biochemistry Department Chemical Abstracts Service P.O. box 3012 Columbus, OH 43210 Web site at: http://info.cas.org/welcome.html The views given here are mine only and do not necessarily represent those of anyone else, Chemical Abstracts Service, or the American Chemical Society. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: denmarel@ix.netcom.com (Dennis Marelli) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Kiwi fruit. True Berrys? Date: 6 Oct 1995 03:13:22 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4526si$mv@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sr3-27.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Oct 05 8:13:22 PM PDT 1995 Hi, Is the fruit of the Kiwi vine (Actinidia deliciosa) a true berry? It doesn't seem to fit into any of the other categories of simple fleshy fruits. Thanks in advance. Dennis From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!news.nmcnj.ico.att.net!server.ctc-mundo.net!dial1.ctc-mundo.net!jteiller From: jteiller@ctc-mundo.net (Sebastián Teillier Arredondo) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Polylepis Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 22:59:12 Organization: CTC Mundo Lines: 3 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dial1.ctc-mundo.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] We are two botanists from Chile. We are working on Polylepis tarapacana (Rosaceae) population ecology and reproduction. Any information about it please send it to jteiller@ctc-mundo.net. Muchas gracias. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!cenargen.embrapa.br!aragao From: aragao@cenargen.embrapa.br (Francisco Jose Lima Aragao) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: lookink for someon Date: 6 Oct 1995 09:46:16 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Netters I would like to contact Dr. Isolde Saalbach from the Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, in Gatersleben, Germany. Or Dr. David Waddell, in Berlin, Germany. Could someone help me. I know that it seems rude. I apologize. I would appreciate some information, if possible, e-mail or fax number. Francisco Aragao. ******************************************************* Francisco J. L. Aragao EMBRAPA-CENARGEN-ABC SAIN Parque Rural C.P. 02372 70849-970 Brasilia, DF, Brazil. FAX : +55-61-2743212 ******************************************************* From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!news From: Tracy Chan Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: WORKSHOP: Privatization of Technology & Information Transfer in U.S. Agriculture Date: 6 Oct 1995 14:35:16 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Lines: 37 Message-ID: <453er4$phm@news.doit.wisc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: f181-116.net.wisc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) You are invited to attend the upcoming Privatization of Technology & Information Transfer in U.S. Agriculture Research and Policy Implications WORKSHOP on October 26-27 1995 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! We believe that questions regarding who provides what infomation, to whom, under what conditions will be increasingly important determinants of the structure and environmental performance of agricultural production systems. As a workshop, the program is designed to stimulate dialogue among all attendees. The sponsors, authors, and registrants represent a diverse group of industry, government, academic and advocacy representatives. Those interested in participating are asked to contact Steven Wolf at wolf@ssc.wisc.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT Privatization of Technology and Information Transfer in U.S. Agriculture: Research and Policy Implications October 25-26, 1995 University of Wisconsin - Madison Memorial Union ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP CONTACT: Steven Wolf 420 Agriculture Hall 1450 Linden Drive University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-6049 (tel.) (608) 262-6022 (fax) wolf@ssc.wisc.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!corky.mco.edu!gemini.mco.edu!sclink From: sclink@gemini.mco.edu (Stacey) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Growing Trees - Black Walnut/Buckeye Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 09:57:53 Organization: Medical College of Ohio Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.247.20.33 X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Hi! Does anybody know if you can start a Black Walnut tree and a Buckeye tree from the nut (or seed)? If so how is this done? Or is there another way to do it? Thanks in advance!! Stacey sclink@gemini.mco.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!charlie.lif.icnet.uk!mac054013.lif.icnet.uk!user From: p_whitehead@icrf.icnet.uk (Phil Whitehead) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Mimosa ,expert help required Followup-To: bionet.plants Date: 6 Oct 1995 11:22:58 GMT Organization: Imperial Cancer Research Fund Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: mac054013.lif.icnet.uk My six y/o son and I have planted seeds of the sensitive plant mimosa pudica, Ihave every confidence that we will get plants butthen my problems will start because being inquisitive he will want to know how the leavs fold down. Dads ofcourse are meant to know everything unfortunatly this one hasn,t got a clue about movement in plants. could any of you botanists explain this phenomina in language that a simple bio chemist can understand so that I can maintain my status as font of all (useless )information. please reply by E-Mail phil whitehead From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!blaze.trentu.ca!IVORY.trentu.ca!PMILES From: pmiles@ivory.trentu.ca (pmiles) Subject: help--Ginkgo biloba L. X-Nntp-Posting-Host: trentu.ca Message-ID: Sender: news@blaze.trentu.ca (USENET News System) Reply-To: pmiles@ivory.trentu.ca Organization: Trent University, Peterborough Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 17:36:57 GMT Lines: 6 Hello, I'm an undergrad at Trent University, Canada hoping to get help, advice and/or direction about the past and present distribution of Ginkgo biloba L.. I have searched cd-rom and biological abstracts without much luck, there doesn't seem to be an over-abundance of material out there. I am aware that wild populations of Ginkgo trees are few and far between but was that always the case? Thanks, Phoebe Miles (in%"pmiles@trentu.ca") From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: MIGLIA%IRMICMAT.BITNET@vm.cnuce.cnr.it Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Mimosa, expert help Date: 6 Oct 1995 18:15:00 +0100 Lines: 26 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <453o6k$6n3@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: plantbio@dl.ac.uk Dear Phil: The leaves (and leaflets) of Mimosa pudica (the sensitive) have at the base of their stalk a particular organ called pulvinus (you can see it) which is made of fleshy tissue that has the capacity to loose or take up water from the surrounding tissues. When the internal side of the pulvinus loose water and the external get it the leaflets close, in the reverse case the leaflets open. In the case of the main leaf stalk the situation is a little different because they get down when the plant is touched because the external part of the pulvi- nus is loosing water. Normally the leaflets close at sunset and reopen at dawn because they have a sort of a clock in the pulvinus cells (entrained by light). Anyway, when somebody touches the plant the leaflets close and the leaves drop under the action of an electric impulse started in the part of the organ that has been touched. They will reopen in about 15 minutes however. Be careful anyway since the leaves of the sensitive close because the plant doe not like to be touched and be eaten by herbivorous, it can't however dis- tinguish between animals and men ! Cherles Darwin wrote a beautiful book about plant movements and about the sensitive behaviour. It is a pity that so few scientists today read it and are interested in studying this plant, because the intrinsic mechanism of the movement is not known. They just know that potassium ions are involved. But what activate and deactivate the postassium pumps ! Good luck with your son. A nice weekend to all plant lowers! Fernando from Rome From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: klura@ix.netcom.com (Keith Lura) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Growing Trees - Black Walnut/Buckeye Date: 6 Oct 1995 22:20:47 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 39 Message-ID: <454a3v$mue@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min2-18.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Oct 06 3:20:47 PM PDT 1995 In sclink@gemini.mco.edu (Stacey) writes: > > > >Hi! > >Does anybody know if you can start a Black Walnut tree and a Buckeye tree from >the nut (or seed)? If so how is this done? Or is there another way to do >it? > > >Thanks in advance!! >Stacey > >sclink@gemini.mco.edu Both black walnuts and buckeyes are easy to grow from seed. First, the seed must be ripe (but fresh) and not eaten by insects. Next, the seed must be planted in the ground in the fall and go through the winter there-- the alternate freezing and thawing of fall and spring are the factors which break down germination-inhibiting chemicals within the seed. The trees will sprout when the weather warms the next year. As for any other ways, it is possible to simulate the conditions by moving the potted seeds from freezer to refrigerator during the course of a three-month period; that way the plants can be allowed to grow protected in indoor conditions when they sprout. Or, they could be sown in pots and allowed to winter over out-of-doors, then brought in to grow. But they will always need to be stratified-- that is the cold treatment's name. I hope it works out for you. Stefan Lura From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: d_micro@ix.netcom.com (Michael L Roginsky ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Help!!! Date: 6 Oct 1995 21:43:13 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4547th$c7c@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <451juc$pe@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-atl12-05.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Oct 06 2:43:13 PM PDT 1995 In <451juc$pe@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> Todd Harper writes: > >Does any one know of a carnivorous plant? > > >>>The Venus fly-trap is one. In the tropics there are many more >>>such as bromelias and others that manufacture honey like, but >>>very sticky flowers. I once tried that as glue but it never "set"! >>>>That was many, many years ago in my homeland, Brasil. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Thu Oct 05 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news From: gmmurphy (George M. Murphy) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Christmas Cactus Date: 6 Oct 1995 21:37:32 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4547is$cpn@Owl.nstn.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: kentville-ts-11.nstn.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 Our Christmas Cactus has buds on it and we are afraid it will bloom early. Anyone know how we can slow it down. George murphy From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!news10.sunet.se!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: rwarner@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Ray Warner") Subject: Green Tomatoes Message-ID: Organization: THE CFM GROUP Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 19:12:17 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol Lines: 2 Can anyone tell me just how poisonous green tomatoes are, or is it just a myth? Regards Ray Warner From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: klura@ix.netcom.com (Keith Lura) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Christmas Cactus Date: 7 Oct 1995 07:04:45 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4558qd$q5g@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4547is$cpn@Owl.nstn.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-min1-16.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Oct 07 12:04:45 AM PDT 1995 In <4547is$cpn@Owl.nstn.ca> gmmurphy (George M. Murphy) writes: > >Our Christmas Cactus has buds on it and we are afraid it will bloom early. >Anyone know how we can slow it down. >George murphy > It is completely normal for Christmas cacti and their kin to bloom periodically year-round-- in fact, many Christmas cacti now sold are actually not correctly identified. They do not seem to enjoy blooming when there is not enough light, so if you were to experiment with placing it in lower (but still enough for healthy growth) light and bringing it back to facilitate bud growth you may eventually find a solution. Other than the rumor that they drop their buds easily when moved from their locations, there is not much control over Christmas cactus habits. But if you try something like this, be aware that it may take longer or sooner than expected to see another onset of flowers. Stefan Lura klura@ix.netcom.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 From: petor@texas.snafu.de (Peter Hein) Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!zib-berlin.de!unlisys!desert!texas.snafu.de Newsgroups: bionet.plants Message-ID: X-Mailer: Fastnet <-> RFC Konverter V1.5 Mar 25 1995 Organization: --> Texas BBS - Berlin, Germany <-- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: how to store plant seeds Lines: 9 Date: 07 Oct 1995 11:13:00 Hi there! Can any tell me who to store tree seeds (European tree seeds, I live in Germany) best and when to sow them? Thanks.....Petor Petor@texas.snafu.de ## CrossPoint v3.02 ## From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.ACO.net!alijku06!amdalinz.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at!user From: Christian_Winter@amdalinz.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at (Christian Winter) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Trifolium leaves Date: Sat, 7 Oct 95 18:28:35 MET Organization: AMANDA Computer Club Linz Lines: 6 Message-ID: <3284868.ensmtp@amdalinz.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: net-mac2.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at X-Newsreader: ExpressNet/SMTP v1.1.5 Does anyone know something about the Trifolium pratense with leaves consisting of four parts? Is it a mutant individuum? What is the reason for making four parts? How many percent of the trefoil plants do so? --- OffRoad 1.0 registered to Christian Winter From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!van-bc!hortus!ted.fishton Newsgroups: bionet.plants In-Reply-To: jteiller@ctc-mundo.net Subject: Re: Polylepis From: ted.fishton@hortus.bc.ca Message-ID: Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 21:53:00 PST Organization: Hortus Botanicus BBS Lines: 3 Hi, my e-mail is ted.fishton@hortus.bc.ca I will try to find some info on Polylepis, but in the meantime could you give me any addresses for seed and bulb sources of native plants in Chile? Thank you very much! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!CS.Arizona.EDU!news.Arizona.EDU!hamblin.math.byu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Kevin Parks <100616.1401@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: bionet.plants,rec.gardens Subject: dieing umbrella plant Date: 7 Oct 1995 11:32:32 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 4 Message-ID: <455ogg$e3d$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> Xref: biosci bionet.plants:8709 rec.gardens:82410 I just got a umbrella tree. It need repotting so I did. I water it and spray it often. It doesn't have any bugs, but its leaves have brown spots and then they fall off. Any suggestion please E-mail me. Thanks Kevin From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: nealscomp@aol.com (NEALSCOMP) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Post-doctoral Position / Plant Transformation Date: 7 Oct 1995 15:36:29 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 23 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <456krt$hg9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: nealscomp@aol.com (NEALSCOMP) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Post-doctoral Position / Plant Transformation DNA Plant Technology Corporation has an immediate opening in their Vegetable Tissue Culture Group for an experienced scientist to work on dicot transformation. Current research is in the development of transformation systems in a variety of vegetable crops and the production of new transgenic lines for commercial release. Candidates must have transformation experience using Agrobacterium, preferably in the development or trouble shooting of transformation protocols. Experience with the tissue culture and transformation of tomato and/or strawberry would be valuable. DNAP offers an excellent compensation and benefits package which includes stock incentives. Candidates should send a resume with three references to: Dr Alison Morgan, DNA Plant Technology Corp., 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608. An EOE. FAX: 510-547-2817 e-mail: morgan@dnap.com From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver2.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!cronkite.ocis.temple.edu!astro.ocis.temple.edu!boycandy From: boycandy@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Peter J Verrecclua) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Desperately Seeking Miscletoe Date: 7 Oct 1995 23:39:21 GMT Organization: Temple University, Academic Computer Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <457339$db7@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: astro.ocis.temple.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] A friend of mine is in need of a living miscletoe plant for a religious ritual. Does anyone know where he can find one? Old English Miscletoe (viscum album, family loranthoraceae) is prefered but American Miscletoe would be OK (phoradendron serotium). We live in Philadelphia (USA). If anyone has info that would help, please e-mail. Thanks! Peter Verrecchia 1343 Lombard St. Phila., PA 19147 From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!IRIS.LSC.PKU.EDU.CN!ly From: ly@IRIS.LSC.PKU.EDU.CN (Ding Shiyou) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: looking for second postdoc position Date: 7 Oct 1995 08:02:00 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 122 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9510080558.AA18244@IRIS.lsc.pku.edu.cn> To whom it may concern: I will finish my two years postdoctoral research at The National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering(NLPE&PGE), Peking University, next year.I would like to find a position where I can work on a project more closely related to molecular evolution. I have extensive hands-on experience both in modern molecular biology and biosystematics. If you need more information, please let me know Phone: (86)10-2501862, e-mail: dsy@ibm320h.phy.pku.edu.cn. Thank you for reading this massage and for your consideration. Sincerely, Ding Shiyou ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRICULUM VITAE DING SHIYOU Ph.D. National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering College of Life Sciences, Peking University Beijing 100871, P. R. CHINA E-mail address: dsy@ibm320h.phy.pku.edu.cn Tel: 2501862 Fax: 0086-10-2501844 Nationality: P. R. China Date of Birth: June 4, 1966 Marital Status: Married Sex: Male CURRENT WORK 1. Ancient DNA 18s ribosomal DNA sequences (partial) and Cytochrome B gene sequences (partial) have been amplified from a specific fossilized dinosaur egg of Late Cretaceous and from an amber bee by using PCR. I am going to identfy those sequences. One paper about cytochrome b gene sequences amplified from dinosaur egg have been submmited to Science (USA). 2. Molecular systematics of Astragalinae (Legumenosae) I continue my Ph.D. thesis research, phylogenetic study on subtribe Astragalinae(Legumenosae) using restriction site mapping of a PCR-amplified fragment that encompassed cpDNA genes ndhF and psbA, and investigate the popuation variation of the genera Caragana and Gueldenstaedtia. WORKING EXPERIENCE: 1994 - present: Postdoctoral fellow in the National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University. 1993 - 1994: Visiting Researcher in the National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University. 1989 - 1991: Research Associate in the Northwestern Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica. TECHNICAL SKILLS: collection and identification of plant specimen, related skills of plant anatomy and phytogeography, plant breeding,DNA and RNA extraction, purification, enzymatic manipulation of nucleic acid,electrophoresis of nucleic acid and protein, RFLP, PCR, RAPD, cloning,sequencing, southern bloting, radioactive techniques, computer programs of phylogenetic analysis, PAUP, PHYLIP, DNASIS, ANA, MULTALIN, EMBLbank,GENEbank, FASTA, Internet ...... EDUCATION: Ph.D. Molecular systematics of plant, Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Yunnan, PRC, 1994. Thesis Title: Systematic Study of Subtribe Galegeae-Astragalinae(Leguminosae). Supervisor: Wu, Zheng-yih, Academician, Professor; Gu, Hong-ya, Ph.D. Professor M.S. Plant Systematics, Northwestern Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Shaanxi, PRC, 1989. Thesis Title: Systematic Study of Staphyleaceae. Supervisor: Yu, Zhao-yin, Professor. B.S. Biology, Anhui Normal University, Anhui, PRC, 1986. GRANTS: National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1989-91, 1993-94. Director Grant, Kunming Institute of Botany, 1993-94. Research Grant, National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, Peking University, 1993-94. PUBLICATIONS 1. Ding, Shiyou, Hongya Gu, Lijia Qu, Zhangliang Chen. A preliminary study on the use of RFLP analysis of the PCR amplified products in the systematic investigation of the subtribe Astragalinae (Fabaceae). Acta Bot. Sin. 1995, 37(2):97-102. 2. Ding, Shiyou. Systematic position of genus Tapiscia (Tapisciaceae). The 2nd Symposium of Kunming Institute of Botany, 1994. 3. Chen, Yansheng, Chunlin Zhang, Shiyou Ding, Zhenwan Zhang. The taxonomy and analysis of Artemisia Linn. in the Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi. Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occident. Sin. 1993, 13(3):238-245. 4. Ding, Shiyou, Zhaoyin Yu. Systematic signification of leaf stricture of Staphyleaceae. Bull. Bot. 1992, 12(2):177-184. 5. Ding, Shiyou, Zhaoyin Yu. The preliminary study on chemical taxonomy of Staphyleceae. The 1st Symposium of Systematic Botany in Northwestern China. 1992, 108-111. 6. Zhang, Zhenwan, Zhunlin Zhang, Yansheng Chen, Shiyou Ding. A preliminary study in the border line of the floristic regionalization in the Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi. Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occident. Sin. 1992, 12(4): 303-308. 7. Zhang, Yuejian, Shiyou Ding. A resource of nectariferous plants in Shaanxi. Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occdent. Sin. 1991, 11(5):185-189. 8. Ding, Shiyou, Yuejian Zhang. The conservation plants in northwestern China, Ecological Environment in Northwestern China. 1991, 1:353-364. 9. Zhang, Zhenwan, Chunlin Zhang, Shiyou Ding. Plants in the Loess Plateau. In, The Resource and Application of Plants in the Loess Plateau. 1991, 194-287. 10. Ding, Shiyou, Zhaoyin Yu. Study on the pollen of Staphyleaceae. Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occdent. Sin. 1988, 8(5): 29-33. 11. Ding, Shiyou et al. (coeditor) Seed Plants and Floristic Regionalization in Northern China. Science Press (in press). 12. Ding, Shiyou, Chunlin Zhang, Hongya Gu, Zhangliang Chen. Progresses of studies on plant systematics at DNA level. J. Basic Sci. Engin.(submitted) 13. Ding, Shiyou, Chunlin Zhang, Hongya Gu, Zhangliang Chen. General review of the methods of molecular systematics of plants at DNA level. J. Basic Sci. Engin. (submitted) 14. An, Chengcai, Yi Li, Shiyou Ding, Hongya Gu, Zhangliang Chen et al. Cytochrome B gene from a fossilized dinosaur egg in Cretaceous period. Science (USA) (submitted). 15. Ding, Shiyou, Zhunlian Zhang, Hongya Gu, Zhangliang Chen. Variation in the chloroplast genes ndhF and psbA of the subtribe Galegeae-Astragalinae (Leguminosae): evidence from restriction site mapping of PCR-amplified fragment (in preparation). From owner-plants@net.bio.net Fri Oct 06 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!not-for-mail From: cosman@acs.ucalgary.ca (Steve Cosman) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Cycad sources Date: 7 Oct 1995 15:10:40 -0600 Organization: The University of Calgary Lines: 7 Message-ID: <456qcg$2e3s@acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: cosman@acs1.acs.ucalgary.ca Hi Guys: Does anyone know of *any* breeders or dealers who mightx care to export afew Cycads to Canada? Steve cosman@acs.ucalgary.ca From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!not-for-mail From: reikirk@ksu.ksu.edu (Bob Kirk) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Oak tissue-culture question Date: 7 Oct 1995 19:32:10 -0500 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <45766b$9d8@cbs.ksu.ksu.edu> References: <44t02u$s5u@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cbs.ksu.ksu.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) klura@ix.netcom.com (Keith Lura) writes: > I would greatly appreciate learning about any information related >to the tissue-culturing of oaks. I have learned that a growth medium >based upon cornstarch instead of expensive seaweed agar has had better >results with propogation of such plants as apple trees which are said >to be rather difficult; perhaps this would hold true for members of >the genus Quercus as well. Many, many thanks in advance for any >knowledge that can be passed on. > Stefan Lura Sudeep Vyapari (working with H. Khatamian of the Dept. of Hort. here at Kansas State) did his doctoral thesis on this a few years ago. As I recall, he studied chinkapin & maybe red oak and managed to obtain somatic embryos, etc. As usual the sticking point was regeneration of actual plants. Neither of them is currently working on this, but Sudeep is now with the Dept. of Plant Science at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Can't get into their Gopher and the WWW site is useless as most, but if you can get in touch with him (area code 409 if that helps), he might be able to direct you further. He did mention other people were studying the problem at that time, and perhaps more progress has been made. Be warned, though, this is not a trivial task, and in fact relatively few hardwood trees have ever been successfully tissue cultured - let alone had protocols determined for doing so. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!simtel!col.hp.com!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!cate0-18.reshall.uoknor.edu!user From: atahualpa@eworld.com Newsgroups: bionet.plants,sci.bio.botany Subject: Sugar Plant... Date: 8 Oct 1995 02:47:11 GMT Organization: University of Oklahoma Lines: 14 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cate0-18.reshall.uoknor.edu Xref: biosci bionet.plants:8719 sci.bio.botany:612 This past summer I went on a tour of the Crystal Bridge Conservatory here in Oklahoma City and I was introduced to a very interesting plant. It was a large bush/tree with cherry sized black berries and white flesh. The guide plucked a few off for us to try and told us that they were very high in sugar content and if you ate three or four then whatever you ate for the next hour would be affected by the sugar and taste sweet. I only ate one, so I didn't notice this effect, but they were delicious berries. The guide also told us that some private investors had attempted to market this as a sugar substitute for diabetics but their efforts were sabotaged by the sugar industry. How sad. Anyway, if anyone has any idea as to what this plant is, let me know. Even better, let me know where to get the plant or seeds. The guide wasn't sure because there was some kind of discrepancy in the placard labeling the plant. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!BIOSCI.MBP.MISSOURI.EDU!tconley From: tconley@BIOSCI.MBP.MISSOURI.EDU (Terry Conley) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Posting replies to plant-biology net inquiries. Date: 8 Oct 1995 09:06:03 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 31 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Plant-Biology "Netters" Lately I find my electronic mailbox filled with multiple replies to questions that have been posted on the 'net, for example, the recent question regarding the meaning of "cv." and the many replies to questions asking for information on the "care and feeding" of houseplants. I would like to suggest that such replies be made directly to the person posting the question, rather than to the 'net as a whole. Certainly, if the question is on a subject that is of general interest to the plant biology group, the replier could always ask that the replies be compiled and posted as a summary of responses. Thanks for your consideration. Terry R. Conley Biological Sciences 110 Tucker Hall University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211 Tel 314-882-3184 Fax 314-882-0123 E-mail tconley@biosci.mbp.missouri.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!parsifal.nando.net!usenet From: Cpurvis Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: winter leaves Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 11:20:12 -0400 (EDT) Organization: News & Observer Public Access Lines: 6 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: merlin.nando.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <1995Oct3.165609.18696@es.dupont.com> _Quercus_virginiana_, Live oak is evergreen south of Virginia. However, to the north of North Carolina, it is a deciduous tree. Maybe this helps too? From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!news.lava.net!usenet From: egilding@lava.net (Edward K. Gilding) Newsgroups: bionet.plants,sci.bio.botany Subject: Re: Sugar Plant... Date: Sat, 07 Oct 95 22:10:13 PST Organization: Test-Tube Tropicals Lines: 49 Message-ID: <4580h5$7av@malasada.lava.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup056.lava.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.9 Xref: biosci bionet.plants:8721 sci.bio.botany:615 In article , atahualpa@eworld.com says... > >This past summer I went on a tour of the Crystal Bridge Conservatory here >in Oklahoma City and I was introduced to a very interesting plant. It was >a large bush/tree with cherry sized black berries and white flesh. The >guide plucked a few off for us to try and told us that they were very high >in sugar content and if you ate three or four then whatever you ate for >the next hour would be affected by the sugar and taste sweet. I only ate >one, so I didn't notice this effect, but they were delicious berries. > >The guide also told us that some private investors had attempted to market >this as a sugar substitute for diabetics but their efforts were sabotaged >by the sugar industry. How sad. Anyway, if anyone has any idea as to >what this plant is, let me know. Even better, let me know where to get >the plant or seeds. The guide wasn't sure because there was some kind of >discrepancy in the placard labeling the plant. The plant you're describing sounds like "Miracle Fruit". A bushy/tree like plant that has ovoid shaped berries, reddish or purplish in color with one large seed. Flowers ar small creamy colored with russet haired sepals. It was found in tropical Africa and brought into cultivation by David Fairchild in 1919 when he tasted it for the first time and didn't think much about them but when he noticed the effect he sent seeds back to the US. The fruit numbs or "masks" to sour taste-buds so it leaves you to taste only sweet things. Its called Synsepalum dulcificum. Full size 15 ft. I dont have any specific cultivation information as it is rather rare here too (Hawaii). I see it for sale on certain occaisions but never bother to plant one because I dont have room for some big bush. I'd like to try a berry first. You could obtain seeds from: The Banana Tree, Inc. 715 Northampton St. Easton, PA 18042 seeds are sold one per a packet. I say get at least two because they might need to pollenate each other. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!tam2000!sfj3212 From: sfj3212@tam2000.tamu.edu (Sarah Fox Jahn) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: What the heck is "Awapuhi"? Date: 8 Oct 1995 05:15:23 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <457mpb$5c7@news.tamu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tam2000.tamu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] [ Article crossposted from misc.health.alternative ] [ Author was Sarah Fox Jahn ] [ Posted on 8 Oct 1995 04:39:51 GMT ] Hi all... I am just curious what Awapuhi is. I recently bought a multi- purpose conditioner with this in it, and was wondering if anyone on here might be able to tell me a bit about it :) Couldn't find it in any plant books or dictionaries here in my apt. If this is the wrong group, just push me in the right direction :) Thanks for any info! Sarah Fox Jahn From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!NATURE.BERKELEY.EDU!bosborne From: bosborne@NATURE.BERKELEY.EDU (Brian Osborne) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Posting replies to plant-biology Date: 8 Oct 1995 13:54:28 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 45 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Dear Plant-Biology "Netters" > > Lately I find my electronic mailbox filled with multiple replies to >questions that have been posted on the 'net, for example, the recent >question regarding the meaning of "cv." and the many replies to questions >asking for information on the "care and feeding" of houseplants. > > I would like to suggest that such replies be made directly to the >person posting the question, rather than to the 'net as a whole. >Certainly, if the question is on a subject that is of general interest to >the plant biology group, the replier could always ask that the replies be >compiled and posted as a summary of responses. > > Thanks for your consideration. > To the group, I respectfully offer my differing opinion. Certainly in the instance of the definition of the term 'cv', in which many or most of our members know the single straightforward answer, the redundancy serves little purpose. However, often our members offer different answers, or an online discussion will ensue. I would hope that these exchanges are enlightening to other readers of this group besides myself. In fact, I view this group as a type of forum, in which many ideas are made public. If too much of the traffic is deemed irrelevant there are solutions. One, suggest the creation of a group with a more specific interest than 'plant biology', which is certainly a broad topic. Second, use a mail- reader with 'filters', in which any letter with a particular word is sent directly to the trash. These are available for all of the most popular computer platforms. My difficulty with suggesting summaries of responses is that I don't believe many will actually do it. I have indeed made this request of individuals when I responded to a query, to never hear from the individual again! Brian I. Osborne bosborne@nature.berkeley.edu Plant Gene Expression Center FAX 510 559 5718 800 Buchanan St. TEL 510 559 5919 Albany CA 94710 USA http://pgebaker4.pw.usda.gov/bio/bio.html From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: Mark Hibbert Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: help--Ginkgo biloba L. Date: Sun, 08 Oct 95 15:21:25 PDT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: hibbert.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In Article, write: > Newsgroups: bionet.plants > Path: ddsw1!news.mcs.net!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!howland.re ston.ans.net!torn!blaze.trentu.ca!IVORY.trentu.ca!PMILES > From: pmiles@ivory.trentu.ca (pmiles) > Subject: help--Ginkgo biloba L. > X-Nntp-Posting-Host: trentu.ca > Message-ID: > Sender: news@blaze.trentu.ca (USENET News System) > Reply-To: pmiles@ivory.trentu.ca > Organization: Trent University, Peterborough > Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 17:36:57 GMT > Lines: 6 > > Hello, I'm an undergrad at Trent University, Canada hoping to get help, > advice and/or direction about the past and present distribution of Ginkgo > biloba L.. I have searched cd-rom and biological abstracts without much > luck, there doesn't seem to be an over-abundance of material out there. I > am aware that wild populations of Ginkgo trees are few and far between but > was that always the case? Thanks, Phoebe Miles (in%"pmiles@trentu.ca") Pheobe, I don't know how much info you've gathered so far but i have few basics from _National_Audubon_Society_Field_Guide_to_North_American_ Trees_. The tree is also called a "Maidenhair-tree". That might help in searches. It seems to have been a native of South East China and has been introduced to North America on the Pacific Coast and Eastern United States. If you want the full text (a page) of the description, habitat and comments from the book email me at hibbert@mcs.com . From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.apocalypse.org!news2.near.net!cocoa.brown.edu!news From: "Roger B. Blumberg" Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.plants Subject: MendelWeb 95.2 Date: 8 Oct 1995 20:14:33 GMT Organization: Brown University Lines: 8 Message-ID: <459bf9$5pp@cocoa.brown.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cns3.physics.brown.edu Xref: biosci bionet.general:17675 bionet.plants:8728 The second edition of MendelWeb (95.2) is now available at Netspace (http://www.netspace.org/MendelWeb/) and the University of Washington at Seattle (http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/mirrors/MendelWeb/). Additions include the 1992 essay, first published in GENETICS, by Hartl and Orel, "What Did Mendel Think He Discovered?"; as well as an expanded bibliography and list of articles related to Mendel and his work. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: d_micro@ix.netcom.com (Michael L Roginsky ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants,sci.bio.botany Subject: Re: Sugar Plant... Date: 8 Oct 1995 16:50:47 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 33 Message-ID: <458vh7$43v@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-atl8-20.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Oct 08 9:50:47 AM PDT 1995 Xref: biosci bionet.plants:8727 sci.bio.botany:618 In atahualpa@eworld.com writes: > >This past summer I went on a tour of the Crystal Bridge Conservatory here >in Oklahoma City and I was introduced to a very interesting plant. It was >a large bush/tree with cherry sized black berries and white flesh. The >guide plucked a few off for us to try and told us that they were very high >in sugar content and if you ate three or four then whatever you ate for >the next hour would be affected by the sugar and taste sweet. I only ate >one, so I didn't notice this effect, but they were delicious berries. > >The guide also told us that some private investors had attempted to market >this as a sugar substitute for diabetics but their efforts were sabotaged >by the sugar industry. How sad. Anyway, if anyone has any idea as to >what this plant is, let me know. Even better, let me know where to get >the plant or seeds. The guide wasn't sure because there was some kind of >discrepancy in the placard labeling the plant. >>>Sounds like "gurumichama", a tree that grows in the Amazon. I >>>have no idea that its sugar content is other than plain fructose. >>>If you can look-up a guide on native plants of the Amazon, you >>>might get the info you are looking for. They are (fruit) DELICIOUS! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: d_micro@ix.netcom.com (Michael L Roginsky ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Green Tomatoes Date: 8 Oct 1995 16:43:30 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 13 Message-ID: <458v3i$3us@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-atl8-20.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Oct 08 9:43:30 AM PDT 1995 In rwarner@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Ray Warner") writes: > >Can anyone tell me just how poisonous green tomatoes are, or is it just a >myth? Regards Ray Warner >>>>Fried green tomatoes are a delicacy in the South. The tomato and >>>>tomatillo belong a family of poisonous plants, including potatoes. >>>>They are of the genus "nightshade" and their foliage is poisonous >>>>to humans. Try slicing your gren tomatoes, placing them in a batter >>>>of milk and eggs, or any other kind, dump them on bread crumbs or >>>>cornmeal and fry them using butter, margarine, or any vegetable >>>>oil. They taste great....................Enjoy! From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Newsgroups: bionet.plants Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!blackbox.uchicago.edu!user From: colin@pondside.uchicago.edu (Colin Purrington) Subject: Re: Discussion groups on risk assessment of transgenic plants ?? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: blackbox.uchicago.edu Message-ID: Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago References: Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 22:43:06 GMT Lines: 83 Here are some options: > http://www.aphis.usda.gov/bbep/bp/ Status of U.S. biotechnology regulation (you can even send comments to the U.S. government on proposed rule changes), also includes current information on which genetically modified crops are officially exempted from further regulation. > http://www.scicomm.org.uk/biosis/ For electronic discussion of biotechnology issues. I'd also suggest the US National Agricultural Library link page, which has several sites of relevance: > http://inform.umd.edu:86/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/Biotech/.www.html If you want biotechnology gossip: > 2. Biotechnology Bulletin env.biotech@conf.igc.apc.org OR > mthom@igc.org > send message to mthom@igc.org > > 3. Biotech Education & Public Policy Network - BCEPP > Mail to: BCEPP@relay.adp.wisc.edu > Subscribe to: listserver@relay.adp.wisc.edu > send message: SUBSCRIBE BCEPP > > 5. British Council Biotech bcifunit@solomon.technet.sg > send message: ADD BCINFO-BIOTECH > > 7. Chinese Biotech. Network (CBNet) Listserv@UCSD.Edu > send message: Add CB-Net. > > 9. IRRO For more information contact: > msdn@phx.cam.uk > Information Resource for the Release of Organisms into the Environment > (IRRO) is an information network run on a non-profit basis, which aims to > provide access to all types of information relevant to the release of animals, > plants, and microorganisms into the environment. Supported through UNEP > (UN Environment Programme). Network access not yet defined. > > 10. Rice Biotech Network rbnet@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu > Send request for info. to dverma@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu There are also a few Listservs out there: > Listservs are special interest groups where questions or issues are sent > to the group via e-mail. Members of the group discuss the topic while all > members observe the dialog. Some lists are more active that others. To > join a listserv you must first subscribe to the group. > > TO SUBSCRIBE to most of the groups below send a message to > listserv@ containing the command: > "SUB" or "SUBSCRIBE" > in the body of the message. > > Example for BIOTECH: To: listserv@UMDD.umd.edu > Subject: > ------------------------------------------------ > SUBSCRIBE BIOTECH Al Helix > > > LIST NAME ADDRESS TOPIC/FOCUS > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BIOTECH* biotech@UMDD.umd.edu Biotechnology Discussion List > NEWCROPS NEWCROPS@PURCCVM.BITNET Discussion list for New Crops Colin Purrington Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Chicago 1101 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 USA colin@pondside.uchicago.edu From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!simtel!news3.noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: d_micro@ix.netcom.com (Michael L Roginsky ) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Re: Desperately Seeking Miscletoe Date: 8 Oct 1995 16:46:02 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <458v8a$r9b@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> References: <457339$db7@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-atl8-20.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Oct 08 9:46:02 AM PDT 1995 In <457339$db7@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> boycandy@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Peter J Verrecclua) writes: > >A friend of mine is in need of a living miscletoe plant for a religious >ritual. Does anyone know where he can find one? Old English Miscletoe >(viscum album, family loranthoraceae) is prefered but American Miscletoe >would be OK (phoradendron serotium). We live in Philadelphia (USA). If >anyone has info that would help, please e-mail. Thanks! > >Peter Verrecchia >1343 Lombard St. >Phila., PA 19147 > >>>>Miscletoe is a parasite plant growing on oak trees in a wide >>>>range of the southern US. Beware that the berries are poisonous. From owner-plants@net.bio.net Sat Oct 07 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-ulm.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.urz.uni-heidelberg.de!user From: hf5@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Frank J. Diers) Newsgroups: bionet.plants Subject: Discussion groups