[CH] Monsanto, GM - a dissent
George Nelson (70431.3065@compuserve.com)
Fri, 14 May 1999 08:36:38 -0400
If it were not for selective genetic manipulation, the only chile plants we
would have in North America would be the little tepins that grow only in
Arizona, and there would be none in Mississippi or Missouri since the
climate would not allow it.
Humans have been messing about with selective genetic manipulation for many
generations with disastrous or excellent results depending upon how
selective your memory is.
Recombinant DNA is just the latest tool for this kind of thing and, like
anything else, it merely speeds up nature's own ways. That's neither good
nor bad. It can have a good outcome (depending upon how selective your
memory is).
How about a rocoto that fruits well in less than 150 days as it responds to
longer than 14 hour daylight.
Or, how about a TMV-resistant chile plant? No, I better not go there,
liable to start a long off-topic thread again! :-)
George Nelson
70431.3065@compuserve.com