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Re: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop
- From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:57:09 -0500
At 03:24 PM 8/9/2004 -0400, Sandie wrote:
This sounds like genetic engineering to this neophyte.
Nope, just selective breeding, as has been practiced in agronomy and animal husbandry for thousands of years - albeit, in this case the breeders are looking at one particular gene sequence that confers resistance to a specific disease threat, instead of a particular coat color, flavor, size, shape, etc.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY
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[gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop,
Lon J. Rombough, 08/09/2004
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Re: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop,
Sandie Parrott, 08/09/2004
- Re: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop, Lon J. Rombough, 08/09/2004
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Re: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop,
Lucky Pittman, 08/10/2004
- RE: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop, eczekalski, 08/10/2004
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Re: [gwl-g] FW: Wild Plant's Gene May Protect Potato Crop,
Sandie Parrott, 08/09/2004
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