Davidsonia

Adam Szczawinski (“s-cha-vinski”) was fondly known as “the mushroom man” to the thousands of people who flocked to the BC Provincial Museum for mushroom identifications in the years when he was Provincial Botanist, from 1955 to 1975. A vibrant and colourful man, he can truly be characterized as “a mover and shaker” in the world of botany and in the protection of British Columbia’s ecosystems.

For more than 100 years, the United States Pacific Northwest (PNW) and the southwestern coastal region of Canada have been recognized as one of the world’s premier red raspberry growing regions. Production extends from the Willamette Valley of Oregon, north through Washington and into the Fraser Valley of British Columbia (BC). The mild maritime climate and sandy loam soils are ideal for producing top quality fruit for both processing and fresh markets. Until recently, public sector agencies throughout the region have supported active research programmes to help realize optimum yields and quality. Among these agencies, the Agri-Food Canada (AFC)-sponsored breeding effort at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (PARC) in BC has been a major influence in promoting raspberry production throughout the region.

Editor, Iain Taylor reviews Gene flow from GM plants, edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson.

The Editors of Davidsonia highlight some of the most interesting and important titles from the thousands of recently published papers in the plant sciences.

UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research thanks the Patron Members, who have, over the past year, made an investment in the garden's future.

Instruction to authors updated 2006.

Climatological data for 2005, recorded at the UBC campus.