Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:10:40 -0700 From: chamb@u.arizona.edu To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1206$foo@default> Subject: Re: wild-collected plants and policies concerning them
At 04:22 AM 4/21/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>
>- it is essential that small amounts of fresh material originating from
>the wild be brought into cultivation for species not already securely in
>cultivation
>
>- distribution of wild sourced material of plants successfully in
>cultivation should be positively (i.e. actively) discouraged except
>where this introduces samples from populations that may be expected to
>exhibit variation from those already in cultivation
Why the imperative of bringing new wild-sourced variation into cultivation?
How does one determine if a species or variant is not already in
cultivation? Does a state of "securely in cultivation" truly exist? If
so, how does one determine this state has been met?
Do you mean to say that all species and every variant (of CP, or more?)
found in the wild should be brought into cultivation and proliferated until
all are securely in cultivation? Is this objective possible?
Michael
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