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General Category => Seed Saving => Topic started by: Alex on 2023-11-17, 02:02:07 AM

Title: Searching for Solanum huyalasense
Post by: Alex on 2023-11-17, 02:02:07 AM
Does anyone know where I can get Solanum huyalasense wild tomato? Or who can share? I can't find it.
Title: Re: Searching for Solanum huyalasense
Post by: William Schlegel on 2023-11-17, 04:45:45 AM
I don't know that it is available outside of perhaps the gene banks. Genebanks such as TGRC can be reluctant to part with some of these wild accessions. The basic problem is that newer treaties have restricted access to new wild collections. Though the gene banks do a good job of maintaining the accessions, every grow out does lead to some genetic drift. So the greater the demand, the less time they can go between grow outs. Therefore, they reserve the material for university research as much as possible.
Title: Re: Searching for Solanum huyalasense
Post by: Alex on 2023-11-17, 05:35:40 AM
Quote from: William Schlegel on 2023-11-17, 04:45:45 AMI don't know that it is available outside of perhaps the gene banks.
It's available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLnyzjmSGM , but rare.
Title: Re: Searching for Solanum huyalasense
Post by: William Schlegel on 2023-11-17, 05:39:07 AM
It seems it was relatively recently split from peruvianum along with arcanum. That could mean that some of the accessions out there being offered still as peruvianum could still be misidentified and that it might not be as rare in cultivation as it may now appear.
Title: Re: Searching for Solanum huyalasense
Post by: Alex on 2023-11-17, 05:54:37 AM
William, you're right, but where to get seeds. I heard it was on ebay one day, but there is nothing at the moment.