Re:The Open Source Seed Initiative
by turbinerneiter on Sunday June 09, 2019 @03:02AM
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I don't know about GMO, but regular crops are sterile because the are hybrids. They also are not really sterile, the seeds just don't have the beneficial traits of the original hybrid.
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Quite a few crop plants are actually sterile. Cavendish Bananas for example (the kind you get to buy everywhere). They don't have seeds. Sweet oranges are another example.
Re:The Open Source Seed Initiative
by turbinerneiter on Sunday June 09, 2019 @06:31AM
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Good point, I was mainly thinking about grain crops. Wasn't fully aware that the term crops also includes all the other growable fruit.