In addition, Dr. Robert Kreisberg will assist his Biotechnology students in classifying and cataloging the seeds. We will use our biotechnology equipment and skills to attempt to map DNA characteristics of the seeds varieties, Kreisberg said. For now, the Biology Club is concentrating on tomatoes. Generally speaking, they are safer from cross-pollination than are other plants, Seeber explained. Controlling cross-pollination is a daunting challenge in a lot of species.
Tomatoes are easier to cultivate without that concern.
Although there is a growing movement for saving seeds, the WLSC Biology Club is the only local group doing it, so far as Seeber knows. The good news is, the said, we can do some good for the community and we can learn at the same time. Newsletter submissions may be made anytime to Marcia Harrison. Please send longer submissions on disk.