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The NFU backs gene editing. Do you ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cheesehead" data-source="post: 7732550" data-attributes="member: 12876"><p>No it is due to the fact they are pretty much a sterile hybrid herb, there are also around a 1000 varieties but not all are desert bananas and a lot don't travel well or have a long shelf life and a lot are still susceptible to fungal disease either TR1 in the case of the Gros Michel which was the banana to be exported which was larger, sweeter and more succulent or TR4 which is hitting the Cavendish which was resistant to the first or BXW that are hitting none export varieties in Africa.</p><p></p><p>That can happen with conventional breeding just as easily as was seen with the desire for belt high cattle and then the sharp switch to continental breeds. It can also be argued that breeding is responsible for issues that have affected the Suffolk and from what I understand the Beltex on the continent where it is common for c-sections to be needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cheesehead, post: 7732550, member: 12876"] No it is due to the fact they are pretty much a sterile hybrid herb, there are also around a 1000 varieties but not all are desert bananas and a lot don't travel well or have a long shelf life and a lot are still susceptible to fungal disease either TR1 in the case of the Gros Michel which was the banana to be exported which was larger, sweeter and more succulent or TR4 which is hitting the Cavendish which was resistant to the first or BXW that are hitting none export varieties in Africa. That can happen with conventional breeding just as easily as was seen with the desire for belt high cattle and then the sharp switch to continental breeds. It can also be argued that breeding is responsible for issues that have affected the Suffolk and from what I understand the Beltex on the continent where it is common for c-sections to be needed. [/QUOTE]
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