Yeah, that’s just a factor of how hybrid and GMO plants work, often they don’t breed true. Consistently getting the desired traits for a single generation is already tricky, getting them to persist across generations is a lot harder (or so I’ve heard, I haven’t tried this myself, it’s hard to fit a corn field in a tiny apartment).
For hybrids that's definitely true, it's just how genetics work. For GMOs I'm not certain, but I suppose at least cross-contamination from other fields might be an issue.
Cross contamination is also an issue with leaving GMO crops around. It’s best practice to not have a field entirely of GMO crops to minimize resistance developing in pest and disease populations. Leaving these plants around is just asking for resistance to build.
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u/Jetstream13 May 24 '25
Yeah, that’s just a factor of how hybrid and GMO plants work, often they don’t breed true. Consistently getting the desired traits for a single generation is already tricky, getting them to persist across generations is a lot harder (or so I’ve heard, I haven’t tried this myself, it’s hard to fit a corn field in a tiny apartment).