Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally

@abobla@lemm.ee · 10 months ago

Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally

Storksforlegs · edit-2 10 months ago

Useful traits for terminator seeds?

On one hand if they don’t cross-pollinate with regular crops thats probably a good thing?

On the other hand this sounds like it would produce crops that would make farmers even more restricted. Food security would be further throttled and controlled by agricultural corps.

Or maybe im reading this wrong, does anyone know of any more benign uses for this tech?

Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally

Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally

No Pollen, No Seeds: Genome Editing Technique Yields Useful Traits