Humans have been altering the genetic inheritance of crops and animals for thousands of years. No one living in America has ever eaten “wild corn,” or “original wheat.” It’s all been modified. Genetically speaking.
I’ve never heard of my Indian ancestors crossing a wild cornfield with a bacterium. Their selection process probably didn’t involve transferring microbial genes to their corn genome.
Breeding is one thing. Tinkering with a genome via chemical cut and paste is another....
Exactly so.
And quantim, I understand the infringement part and think Monsanto are the ones who should be paying through the nose when their stuff harms the fruits of another's labor.
GMO seed is done by gene modification in the lab.
Previous strains of seed were developed by natural selection and cross breeding. Not Genetically Modified in the lab.
Very Very few wheat varieties are GMO.
Wheat is largely self pollinating and is wind pollinated.
I hope to harvest the first of our wheat seed crop beginning tomorrow. Worked on the combine for the past 2 days getting ready.
Hybridization is one thing Cook County..
bastardization is a whole ‘mother issue.
Eincorn Wheat is still available and is reported to have been cultivated for at least 7500 years.
Turkey Red Wheat has been used in Kansas as far back as 1874. It was imported from Russia before that time. That seed is still available.
Texas Red is similar variety and it is still maintained in the USDA germplasm pool. I know, because they shipped me germplasm for it.
Humans have been altering the genetic inheritance of crops and animals for thousands of years. No one living in America has ever eaten “wild corn,” or “original wheat.” It’s all been modified. Genetically speaking.
You know that’s not the same thing. Selecting the best seed to plant next year brings about slow change that allows for both the positives and negatives to be observed over time and allows for other species to adapt along with crop.
One more voice of reason.
No. Husbandry is different than genetic engineering - Husbandry does not allow the crossing of genus... the 'kind' is organically preserved by natural processes.
As in the days of Noah...