[CH] chiles at the University of Sydney
Tara Deen (tara@es.usyd.edu.au)
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:51:13 +1000
I was cruising Graeme Castleton's chiles database the other day, and,
intrigued by an ornamental, noticed a link for more information and
clicked on it. An email box came up, with the address right here at the
University of Sydney. This got me really intrigued, so I sent off an
enquiry and it turns out that the University of Sydney has a chile
pepper breeding program! Right now they are concentrating on breeding a
type of paprika suitable for commercial production in Australian
conditions. The whole plant breeding program of the university is
conducted over 1300 Acres, on the outskirts of town.
The professor involved rang me today (apparently he was equally
intrigued at finding a fellow chilehead at the University) and has
invited me to go out and view their operation. So I have made plans to
go out in January, when the pods are at their best. I'm really looking
forward to this! I've been toying with the idea of trying my own
cross-breeding program starting next year, just to see what will come
up, so this will be a nice chance to see how the professionals go about
it.
Tara
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University of Sydney NSW 2006
Phone: 61-2-9351 4271
Fax: 61-2-9351 0184
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email: tara@es.usyd.edu.au
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