[CH] Re: [TomatoFanatics] Terminator Gene
Dave Anderson (Chilehead@tough-love.com)
Wed, 31 May 2000 18:50:22 -0700
Byron, as usual you are full of crap and are unnecessarily scaring
people. There are no tomato or pepper varieties available to
gardeners which contain the "terminator gene". The terminator
gene is and was an attempt by Monsanto and Delta something or
other to prevent growers from saving seeds of cotton and soybean.
It has not been very well accepted:-)
The only genetic work rumoured about tomatoes and peppers is an
attempt to allow them to thrive at lower temperatures. Supposedly
a flounder gene is being tried. I don't know of any success or if this
is even true.
Meanwhile, the peppers you listed are all open pollinated and as
long as you grow them 3 miles apart, you should have no cross-
pollination problems.
Dave Anderson
TLCC
http://www.tough-;ove.com
> The F1 and F2 hybrids are not the same as the terminator gene. F1 and F2's
> are in essence cross polination.
>
> Terminator gene is a cross with a NON plant gene to make seeds sterile.
> Worse is that if an OP plant gets cross polinated then the odds are OP also
> becomes sterile.