Date: Mon, 05 Jan 98 13:39 EST From: "Michael.Chamberland" <23274MJC@MSU.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg59$foo@default> Subject: Re: Sexual Reproduction of Cultivars
> From: Alexander and Annick Salomon <asalomon@bigfoot.com>
>
> ensuring the expression of one particular gene. The ONLY way to get an
> exact genetically identical plant of a cultivar is by asexual
> reproduction i.e. cuttings, or tissue culture. Therefore a selfing of
> Aku ryu would be expressed as D.musc. "Aku Ryu"x self. No sexuall
> produced offspring can be called by the cultivar name.
>
> -Alexander E. Salomon, M.D.
I think it will depend on the kind of cultivar you are dealing with.
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated plants (1995)
states in article 2.2:
A cultivar is a taxon that has been selected for a particular attribute or
combination of attributes, and that is clearly distinct, uniform and
stable in its characteristics and that, when propagated by appropriate
means, retains those characteristics.
And in article 2.12:
Assemblages of individuals grown from seed derived from uncontrolled
pollination may be given cultivar names when they meet the criteria
laid down in Art. 2.2 and when they can be consistently distinguished
by one or more characters, even though such individuals may not
necessarily be genetically uniform.
Michael Chamberland
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