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Old November 2, 2016   #1
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Default Bs2 pepper gene confers resistance to bacterial spot disease

Some new research on GMO tomatoes carrying a gene from pepper than confers resistance to bacterial spot disease. Trials have shown that tomato yields are doubled in the resistant plants.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24206/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TErbC1D51IQ
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Some new research on GMO tomatoes carrying a gene from pepper than confers resistance to bacterial spot disease. Trials have shown that tomato yields are doubled in the resistant plants.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24206/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TErbC1D51IQ
Yup,pretty soon old-fashioned ways of breeding will become obsolete,since you can make a plant with desired characteristic 1000 times faster and more efficient.I welcome this technology because I'm aware of the incredible possibilities that it's capable of,but people,at least in my country,associate "gmo" with something that should be frowned upon,as evil-and they have no clue what it actually is.
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Well while I do not to care what others grow I will say that so far all the money/research/development that has been spent on GMO's as of yet has not increased yield/reliability, or reduced overall pesticide/herbicide use. It is a similar situation to prescription drugs where in they create pills for things just to make money under the guise of being useful or "better".

This particular genetic alteration looks promising though, so hopefully at some point they will be able to improve.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/bu...=top-news&_r=0

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Well while I do not to care what others grow I will say that so far all the money/research/development that has been spent on GMO's as of yet has not increased yield/reliability, or reduced overall pesticide/herbicide use. It is a similar situation to prescription drugs where in they create pills for things just to make money under the guise of being useful or "better".

This particular genetic alteration looks promising though, so hopefully at some point they will be able to improve.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/bu...=top-news&_r=0
I've heard about a tomato with purple flesh that has increased anthocyanines that could have health benefits.It's grown in Canada if I'm not mistaken.This kind of gmo is not only good,but should be welcomed and encouraged.This technology is still young,and genetics are as we all know,incredibly complicated.But I am 100% sure that soon there will be breakthroughs in making gmos that have increased yields,biomass and nutrition.And this is great,in contrast to making plants resistant to herbicides just so you can sell the herbicides.
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