Re: Bug Free AG Plant!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Bug Free AG Plant!
- From: "* E* P* <i*@disknet.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:29:26 -0700
- References: <tcppop3.984840@BBS.DISKNET.COM>
pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
>
> On the surface it sounds great but we can do without that sought of genetic
> manipulation.The "BT"gene is not always what it's cracked up to be, even in
> BT cotton caterpillars can become immuned and they become super resistant so
> even more chemicals have to be used.
HE: Isn't your state incorrect? How would resistance to Bt increase
resistance to other insecticides? Please state a scientific reference
for your statement that resistance to Bt makes any plant more resistant
to any other insecticide.
>
> Monsanto have developed soya bean that has a higher resistance to roundup,
> so they spray 3 times the safe amount of roundup on soya bean crops to kill
> the weeds that have built up immunity.Lets stay with selection at lest that
> is natural.
HE: You say natural selection can produce crop plants which are more
resistant to Roundup. That is true and I have been intending to do such
work with Strawberry when I find time. However, I do not understand your
rationale (if you have one) for why this method for producing resistance
to Roundup is superior to using the patented "Roundup-Ready gene". My
reasons are two: 1) avoid conflict with the "Round-up Ready" patent. 2)
I am not equipped or nor have I paid the fees to use Dupont's gene gun.
--
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist. i*@disknet.com
Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab
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