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Gerardo · July 5, 2015

Thanks for the links Dr. Carolyn, I had a great time updating myself on viroids and geminiviridae in general, ideal for Sunday AM java.

The fact that they (geminis) swap around genes in-situ is very interesting, and does not bode well for us gardeners.

I remember it was fun trying to wrap my head around prions, now viroids, virusoids and satellites are equally intriguing. The fact that a naked, small, tightly coiled up piece of RNA that encodes no proteins can be such an effective mechanism at propagating "life" is really cool.

Back to the saving seeds, the motivation behind trying to reduce the counts is to make sure what I send off in trade is relatively clean.

Fermentation will have to suffice.

July 5, 2015	#34
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	Thanks for the links Dr. Carolyn, I had a great time updating myself on viroids and geminiviridae in general, ideal for Sunday AM java. The fact that they (geminis) swap around genes in-situ is very interesting, and does not bode well for us gardeners. I remember it was fun trying to wrap my head around prions, now viroids, virusoids and satellites are equally intriguing. The fact that a naked, small, tightly coiled up piece of RNA that encodes no proteins can be such an effective mechanism at propagating "life" is really cool. Back to the saving seeds, the motivation behind trying to reduce the counts is to make sure what I send off in trade is relatively clean. Fermentation will have to suffice. Last edited by Gerardo; July 5, 2015 at 12:28 PM.