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Default China bush and Clonal bush

Michael Plant > writes:

> Scott /8/06
>
> > Summer Tips > wrote:
> >> What is difference between china bush and Clonal bush? which is
> >> better?

> [...]
>
> If I'm not mistaken "clonal" tells us that genetically all the
> clonal bushes from the same source are exactly the same. When it
> comes to tomatoes and other vegetables and grains, the loss of genes
> in the gene pool due to cloning a small number of uniform,
> homogeneous varieties is now seen as a serious problem. The problem
> extends into such areas as lack of resistance to diseases, boring
> tastes, and so on. Why would clonal teas not be subject to the many
> ills of uniformity brought about by clonal planting?


They would be subject to those ills if there were very few lines in
use. I don't think it's come to that, at least not in Darjeeling.
But my knowledge isn't very deep. Karsten - are you there?

/Lew
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