Companies DO irradiate non organic ginger though, sterilizing it, before shipping it to stores.
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They're not sterile, but they will sue you if they find you've been growing seeds from last year's crops.
Why invent technology to control people when you can just use the law?
Finally. FINALLY. My ulcer grows every time I hear someone quote that list of evil things Monsanto does. Even though yes, they are evil.
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Also, most farmers use hybrid crops, which you already can't save, because they're hybrids. (You can save them, but they're not going to produce the same plants you get them from).
Whether a plant species is hybridized has little effect on whether it grows true from seed or only via cuttings.
Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.
I don't think you quite understand what a hybrid for annual crops is. Hybrids in trees are fundamentally different. Same word different meaning.
Apples are a prime example.
Wild maple trees for example do not grow true from seed.
How do they reproduce?
Sexual reproduction via flowers+seeds.
When self-fertilizing, the offspring are not identical.
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Isn't one argument against GMO that they could spread and outcompete other crops? In that case a terminator gene would even be a good thing?
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What about seedless watermelon
That's treated with a chemical to keep it from making seeds.
Seriously? I assumed sterile hybrid
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