DNA studies
Blee811@aol.com (Fri, 28 Nov 2003 04:56:37 PST)

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