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Originally Posted by Fusion_power
Travis, Tye Dye as sold by Burpee was developed by Doug Heath when he worked for Seminis/Monsanta. He used LA2533 as a source for a late blight tolerant gene. I have not seen confirmation, but suspect that it is ph3.
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Then why did Burpee name it Tye Dye, the same name that Brad Gates had developed and was selling seeds for it at the same time.?
I remember that there were many here who wote to Burpee about that, very upset, but I don't remember if anyone posted any responses or even if Burpee responded.
Bill ?
Until quite recently Burpee had contracted out to Petoseed for development of what they wanted and they had the right to name those new ones anything they wanted to.
I know that Burpee has recently started a breeding program in Buck's County,PA.their headquarters,but the Tye Dye stuff was quite a few years ago.
Petoseed has been a part of Seminis ever since Monsanto bought Seminis so I'm going to assume that Heath worked for Petoseed on contract to Burpee.
Carolyn