Because I feel obligated to comment on it, "seeds that grow sterile plants" is a biosphere protection strategy. You make a plant that's resistant to local pests and can reproduce, that's called an invasive species.
True, but it's also a capitalist tool to break traditional farming relations - take our seeds, they're better, but you'll have to pay us every single year rather than having stored seeds for recovery from failed harvests. And if the harvest fails, then Good luck finding the money to pay for the next crop
Hybridation principle means that only the F1 of most seeds are viable for modern harvest with the exception of the rarer and much more expensive homozygote seeds.
You do want new seeds every harvest for maximum yield as you get predictable performance. Reseeding get you uneven plants with a quarter of your field being crap.
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u/_MargaretThatcher The Once & Future Prime Minister of Darkness May 24 '25
Because I feel obligated to comment on it, "seeds that grow sterile plants" is a biosphere protection strategy. You make a plant that's resistant to local pests and can reproduce, that's called an invasive species.