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Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally (news.ncsu.edu)
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[-] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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?

this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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