All hybrid seeds basically only work for one generation, because basic genetics.
Terminator Seedsare about 25 years old now, and aren’t actually in use anywhere.
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ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoThat’s not how that works. You pay when you buy the seeds.
Then there’s hybrid vigor. And I think someone figured out how to make seeds that only work for four generations… Can’t remember the details.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Yup. That’s why I said that’s not how it works. Because you buy seeds with hybrid vigor.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They had a kill gene so some crazy inventor wouldn’t kill humanity, or that was the reason I heard back in the day…
The_v@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
The so called terminator gene was developed in and to attempt to limit the spread of GMO genes into the wild populations. It was a USDA-ARS program. Not their best work but it would have prevented today’s clusterfuck of contamination.
Valmond@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I haven’t heard of the contamination problem, do you have any info about that?
The_v@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
doi.org/10.4161/21645698.2014.945883
Here’s a paper discussing the issue.
Corn to teosintes GMO contamination is also huge issue especially in southern states.
20+ years after a failed introduction of GMO RR wheat, they are still finding it in fields.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Well there’s this case where Monsanto sued a farm for replanting seeds they had a patent on.
And there’s several other cases similar to that where Monsanto has sued farmers. For instance in “David vs Monsanto”, when a farmer found out some canola plants were roundup-resistant and propogated them on his farm. Monsanto sued him for not having them removed, especially since Monsanto had a program where if they were informed, they’d removed them for farmers.
So while it’s not exactly as deceived above, it’s not far off.