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| Author | Topic: Fruit hybrids |
| bk 08-03-2002 09:37 PM | Hi, Are there any known issues with fruit hybrids? (e.g. an interspecific hybrid like a Pluot?) I'm aware there's some controversy as to patents and whatnot, and they're not something I overly desire to eat, but I'm curious if I should make an effort to avoid them. Thanks! |
| Wai 08-04-2002 03:33 PM | quote:I don't know, but it is a VERY interesting issue. I think that it will (also) strongly depend on whether the fruit has been genetically engineered, or created through selection. which one are you referring to? |
| bk 08-06-2002 01:14 AM | quote:Well, I'm mainly curious about hybrids via selection. There's already quite a debate about GM'd food. (Also, if there are issues with selection, I would be very surprised if GM'd hybrids would be okay.) |
| Wai 08-06-2002 02:16 PM | quote:I agree with your reasoning there. Personally, I have not had any bad experiences with hybrids. I think this may be due to the fact that they are (also) selected on sweetness and taste. If a fruit contains enzyminhibitors, it will taste more bitter/sour. so, by selecting on sweetness/ taste, one will automatically select the enzyminhibitors away. |
| justmarvin 08-09-2002 10:51 AM | I believe that we should avoid GMO foods totally! We are, unfortunately, living in a totally different world which compromised alot for the sake of convenience! I have not done much reading on Hybridized food. One article I read shows that most of the fruits (from grapes to bananas) are highly hybridized! We are eating man-altered food, and that is a big let down for me. Here's an article about hybridized food. Click here Marvin |
| engesongwok 03-24-2003 07:30 PM | Is it possible for a plant to revert back to some wild form? I planted a cabbage plant some months back, and never harvested it, after learning about the sub-optimimal nutrition of vegetables. I just let it grow. Eventually, the plant was severely attacked by aphids. I just let things be. I thought it would die. Then, it got some new shoots of leaves which were very different from the domestic variety of cabbage. It also killed all the aphids. I am wondering if, despite all the hybridizing that people do to foods, that there still remains the natural wildness, and ancient genetic history embedded within the plant. I don't know if the same thing can happen to fruit trees, if left alone to protect themselves. |
| Wai 03-28-2003 09:40 AM | quote:yes just as when you mix different breeds of dogs, you will get more of their original genetic make up probably, there is a 'degree of dominance' attached' to our genes, and is this somehow linked to 'the embeddedness of genes' in our evolution (and that of plants and animals) it is extremely interesting... |