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I dunno, but speaking of genetic diversity, and diversity in general, 
I've been looking at seed catalogs this year, and is it my imagination 
or are catalogs cutting back on what they are offering, both in hybrids 
and in heirloom stuff.  In so many magazines, I see only one or two 
selctions for a crop.  Take strawberries...it seems like in the old 
days, you could find 6-10 varieties of everbearing types,,,,now, maybe 
there are 3.  Anyone noticed this?  Two kinds of asparagus, 3 kinds of 
eggplants, etc. etc.

Bev

VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> Question,
> Do you think that cloning is a bigger threat to
> genetic diversity than the current system of selective
> breeding and planting of hybrids?  
> It seems to me that genetic diversity has been in
> jeopardy for a long time.
> Van Dell
>
>
> --- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
>
> > > The more
> > > cloned animals that are raised, if this becomes
> > truly economically
> > > viable, the less genetic diversity there will be.
> > Genetic diversity,
> > > in my opinion anyway, is part of our food
> > security.
> >
> > Absolutely. This is one reason I support
> > open-pollinated seed  
> > sources. There is, I believe, a government seed bank
> > in Colorado. But  
> > who wants to rely on the government to take care of
> > serious issues  
> > like food?
> >
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