RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent more potatoes, rice

Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by baybal2 on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:03PM (#28406733)

> - weak nutritional content of our food;

Today we have the most nutritious foods in history. Don't make things up.

Today's potatoes are 4-6 times bigger than 19th century ones. Tomatoes 3-5 times. Most fruits, got just enormous.

Even "watery" leafy greens are actually getting more meatier, and starchy, and with more folates as everybody seem to be crazy about them.

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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by ben_w on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:14PM (#28406832)

“The plants are bigger” isn’t evidence either pro or con, nutrition is about what’s in the plants rather than their raw mass — they might be more nutritious, or less, or even both at the same time because the balance of proteins, sugars, fats, vitamins, and minerals shifted.

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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by baybal2 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @07:16AM (#28414049)

I doubt there is any difference

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