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Post by nicollas on Nov 20, 2014 1:45:17 GMT -5
Its strange that "open pollinated" != "open pollination" but i can do with that. The most tragic things beside adding confusion is that one needs to find another term less obvious for actual open pollination. As a proponent of Open source, it pisses me off that the term "open" is used here for something that is controlled and not let free. I hope that "promiscuously pollinated" is more obvious for people whose mother tongue is english than for me
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Nov 20, 2014 9:33:43 GMT -5
I sometimes get feedback that the word "promiscuous" is either immoral or not politically correct and therefore should be hushed up and not used in my writing. (Welcome to Utah!) And promiscuous comes with it's own set of problems, because if the only flowers blooming in a field are from a single inbred variety, then is it really promiscuous? I tend to use "open pollinated" for those kinds of crops.
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Post by blueadzuki on Nov 20, 2014 10:52:28 GMT -5
I might go with "non-restricted" pollination (actually, "non-artificially-restrictive" just to be on the safe side). While I'm not sure about the moral issues, anymore than I do the people who dislike people addressing an older woman as "Mistress" even though that is actually the correct term (why do you think Mrs. has an "r") or "Madam". But it's not my place to quibble on that. I do think that "promiscuous" has another problem besides the one mentioned, it implies a high level of fertility in the crop. What if you have a strain that is a lousy pollinator but you are keeping in for some other reason (say it has some train you are trying to get in to a more productive strain). If it doesn't really pollinate well, is it really all that promiscuous?
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Post by steev on Nov 20, 2014 11:08:25 GMT -5
Probably only when inebriated.
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Post by oldmobie on Nov 20, 2014 12:50:37 GMT -5
I sometimes get feedback that the word "promiscuous" is either immoral or not politically correct and therefore should be hushed up and not used in my writing. (Welcome to Utah!) Promiscuous describes conduct that is widely considered to be immoral in humans, but natural and normal in most plants and animals. (Not a plea that humans get a pass for the same behavior, just an observation that you aren't referring to people.) If fertilization attempts are accepted from multiple (or all) applicants, with the the resulting offspring potentially having multiple, unknown fathers... it seems to me that "promiscuous" really nails the concept. The potential for sarcasm, though is tempting. "Unwed mother watermelons". "Your GMO corn got my Astronomy Domine in trouble!" "Shotgun wedding squash"...
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Post by steev on Nov 20, 2014 14:37:10 GMT -5
""promiscuous" really nails the concept"; well put!
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Post by oldmobie on Nov 20, 2014 14:56:28 GMT -5
""promiscuous" really nails the concept"; well put! Oops! ...summarizes the concept rather concisely?
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Post by steev on Nov 20, 2014 19:39:07 GMT -5
Oh, you femist.
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