Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Suicide Gene.

There is another way farming genetically modified crops could financially result in devastating ways for farmers. That is, if the “suicide gene” is introduced to prevent cross-pollination. The suicide gene is a gene that produces sterile seeds after the first growing season, and thwarting them from reproducing. Farmers will have to purchase a fresh supply of seeds for every growing season. Doing so will over time become unaffordable for farmers in third world countries, where such modified goods can be the most beneficial. In which case they’ll have to invest in organic crops, that can be time-consuming and aren’t immune to pesticides.

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