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Old July 29, 2009   #218
travis
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Originally Posted by organichris View Post

I've heard people say this a lot, and I'm not saying it's wrong, but I always thought that an F1 would still produce seeds, albeit with different characteristics than the parent plant. Am I wrong about this?
I think Earl was referring to the Terminator gene that renders the F1 seed altogether unviable. Apparently Monsanto has the ability to incorporate Terminator genes into certain food crop germplasm.
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