In a message dated 11/28/2003 5:35:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, akennedy@cix.co.uk writes: > Bill Lee was enquiring about costs and timing associated with the tests. > As this research is pretty leading edge in terms of cultivar > identification it is not cheap and we are talking significant 4 figure > sums. However as and when the processes become more common in practice > costs will drop.. Chemicals and man hours are the main cost components. Thanks, Allen. Under $10,000 sounds very reasonable to me. The American Daffodil Society was funding a similar study on narcissus species until one of the researchers changed direction and dropped out. We were looking at higher costs than that, but they were also reasonable because they included the costs of collecting the samples. This DNA research is an incredible tool for straightening out what we think we know about different genera. Bill Lee