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Scientists Just Found a Tiny Genetic Switch That Could Feed Billions
Scitech Daily ^
| October 21, 2025
| University of Maryland
Posted on 10/21/2025 6:50:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: normbal
My first thought as well! LOL
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posted on
10/21/2025 7:45:52 AM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/21/2025 7:47:46 AM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: Red Badger
It’s fed our species for over 10,000 years. Same for the other cereal grains. Either we’re omnivores or we’re not. The best research says we are.
CC
To: marktwain
Humans aren’t the only thing that eats plants. When plants are made more nutritious, insects are drawn to them as well.
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posted on
10/21/2025 7:58:49 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Stare too long into the dachshund and the dachshund stares back.")
To: Celtic Conservative
“Everything in moderation. Especially moderation.” - Oscar Wilde..........
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posted on
10/21/2025 7:59:52 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger; Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
10/21/2025 8:37:00 AM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
To: metmom
LOL!!!!......Only Italians, though!..............
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posted on
10/21/2025 8:40:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Will not growing “far more grain on every field” deplete faster that which is in the ground that supports growth, and increase the per acre amount of fertilizers that try to replenish nutrients in the ground???
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posted on
10/21/2025 8:43:06 AM PDT
by
Wuli
(uire)
To: Wuli
That’s why they make BRAWNDO........It’s got what plants crave...Electrolytes!..................
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posted on
10/21/2025 8:44:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Wheat Futures crashing worldwide.
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posted on
10/21/2025 8:44:52 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Red Badger
“without needing more land or resources”
yeah, right ... gonna take more fertilizer, and probably more water ...
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posted on
10/21/2025 8:51:22 AM PDT
by
catnipman
((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: Red Badger
Every time they mess with food like this then it becomes crappy to eat. Just like they totally destroyed the tomato.
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posted on
10/21/2025 9:15:23 AM PDT
by
Revel
To: marktwain
Hard to know how much more efficient wheat plants will be with this change.
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Now who is going to provide the added nutrient, water and improved conditions needed to support the added fruit mass?
Norman Borlaug developed today’s dwarf wheat varieties through hybridization. Today’s wheat yields are far more limited by weather than by quantity of berries per plant.
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posted on
10/21/2025 9:35:30 AM PDT
by
nagant
(r)
To: George from New England
More GMO ... All we need
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You think we haven’t been cross-breeding plants and animals since we started farming and domesticating how many thousands of years ago?
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posted on
10/21/2025 10:04:36 AM PDT
by
dagunk
To: Uncle Miltie
Correctomundo.
Just transplant everybody’s excess fat to the starving masses... don’t think it’s a problem of no plants. It’s the form of government that prevents good farming in those countries IMHO
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posted on
10/21/2025 11:44:31 AM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
To: PeterPrinciple
Much of the 2nd wage is spent on childcare, etc Mostly on the taxes of the next bracket.
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posted on
10/21/2025 12:50:18 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Animals, too, Cpt. Obvious.
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posted on
10/21/2025 12:51:39 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/21/2025 1:26:51 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: GingisK
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posted on
10/21/2025 1:27:21 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: metmom
Zucchini. The Gift That Keeps on Giving!
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posted on
10/21/2025 1:28:39 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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