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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jan 7, 2016 10:45:25 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 7, 2016 21:57:53 GMT -5
How can you trust a hot pepper that is named "SV3198HJ with X3R®" ?
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Post by kimmsr🕊 on Jan 9, 2016 5:51:18 GMT -5
Why would any organic grower even consider buying seed from Seminis?
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jan 9, 2016 9:18:40 GMT -5
I don't know either but some do.
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 9, 2016 17:02:28 GMT -5
I won't be going there, but I see an Iowa based nursery, Earl May, sells it. I rarely purchase anything there.
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Post by reuben on Jan 20, 2016 15:51:06 GMT -5
I ordered some pepper seeds from Johnny's which had X3R in the name. I didn't know what it was, but a quick search shows that it apparently means that it's resistant to 3 types of bacterial spot. So rather than saying that the peppers are resistant to those 3 specific types of spot, they just lump them together in one awkward acronym, similar to VFN tomatos.
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Post by davidjp on Jan 21, 2016 12:46:54 GMT -5
I think the X3R is their trademark for the group of resistance genes they have bred into this line of peppers. I know a lot of people would be hesistant on this because of Monsanto but really could be a good thing for organic growers who face that particular disease. My understanding is that it was bred with conventional plant breeding and seems fine to me that they make some money out of their discovery.
I know some plant breeders and i seem to rememeber hearing one say that they had visited a Monsanto facility at some stage and the sophistication of marking different lines and using genetics to trace new traits in their breeding trials makes it much easier and quicker to develop new varieties. This is completely separate from any GMO breeding attempts although I'm sure the technology is used for both but can make conventional plant breeding a lot more efficient.
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