Ilix
Ilix t1_j3uc5nb wrote
Reply to comment by mem_somerville in Scientists have created hybrid rice that can be propagated with high efficiency as clonal seed. This means the benefits of a high-yield hybrid can be kept from season to season without breeding new hybrids. by andyhfell
It is if you’re keeping them from season to season without breeding new hybrids, as specifically stated in the title of the thread.
Ilix t1_j3tor09 wrote
Reply to Scientists have created hybrid rice that can be propagated with high efficiency as clonal seed. This means the benefits of a high-yield hybrid can be kept from season to season without breeding new hybrids. by andyhfell
It also means the crop will be more susceptible to diseases, like bananas and fungus.
Ilix t1_j1kfxwe wrote
Reply to One wrong move and its over ... by westondeboer
You can tell this isn’t me by the way that there’s a treadmill in the GIF.
Ilix t1_iu1ytha wrote
Reply to TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet
Ah, the time honored tradition of restricting people’s access to information.
Glad our modern, rational society doesn’t do this…
Ilix t1_j3ucz2n wrote
Reply to comment by Tweenk in Scientists have created hybrid rice that can be propagated with high efficiency as clonal seed. This means the benefits of a high-yield hybrid can be kept from season to season without breeding new hybrids. by andyhfell
The title of the post is explicitly calling that exact thing out as the benefit.
Not only that, but there isn’t only one banana option in existence, there’s just one that all the commercial growers use.
Unless there’s something specifically about rice that would prevent everyone from ending up using the same cloned strain, there’s no reason to believe this would turn out any different.