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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Monsanto and tin hats
  • Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:56:52 -0400 (GMT-04:00)




-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 15, 2010 6:54 AM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] Monsanto and tin hats
>
[snip]
>Now if Monsanto can come up with GM fruit that's resistant to plum curculio
>and scab I'm definitely all ears.

The technology is probably already here. There's a BT variant that is used
against Coleopterans. I don't know if anyone has tested it specifically
against curculio, but it should work. Cost of putting such a product on the
market may slow or prevent it from being released.




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