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Re:The Fight to Save Chile's Glorious White Strawberry by pikminguy on Monday September 30, 2024 @02:15PM (#41700238)
But that's back to a conservation issue which the article didn't raise at all. I agree that the species shouldn't go extinct but I don't know if I care how much it's being farmed.

As for the dangers you raised those are all real problems but none of them are specific to this plant.

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Re:The Fight to Save Chile's Glorious White Strawberry by ethbr1 on Monday September 30, 2024 @05:07PM (#41702116)
Aren't there unique extinction concerns when a commercial hybrid is being aggressively farmed nearby a native species?

Not my field, but I'd assume the risk of cross-pollination and eventual accidental hybridization of the native species is high.

As you're essentially re-planting pure hybrids, but the native species is having to seed and grow generations normally.

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