I was munching down a seedless mandarin and I wondered, where do the seeds for seedless mandarins come from ???? Lol.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Monday 27th of June 2016 03:26:16 PM
Haji-Baba said
03:35 PM Jun 27, 2016
Same as for seedless watermelons, they are grafted.
Have fun Haji-Baba
brickies said
04:02 PM Jun 27, 2016
Some are grafted and then some are corrupted
woolman said
06:45 PM Jun 27, 2016
Don't worry. It is like all fruit and vegetables we buy, genetically modified. For some reason the protesters are only worried about canola being genetically modified. Good luck trying to find unmodified food.
Neil
Moorey said
07:46 PM Jun 27, 2016
My granddaughter is always modifying her food and then asks Pop do you want to share.....NAH I'm good thanks sweety.
Moorey
landy said
09:50 PM Jun 27, 2016
So maybe the chicken did come before the egg. Landy
PeterD said
11:37 PM Jun 27, 2016
woolman wrote:
Don't worry. It is like all fruit and vegetables we buy, genetically modified. For some reason the protesters are only worried about canola being genetically modified. Good luck trying to find unmodified food. Neil
Cross breeding is different to genetically modifying. Cross breeding is done by using different varieties of the same genus. This is the way new varieties were produced until recently. There is no foreign material introduced.
Genetic engineering is completely different. Foreign material is introduced into plants. It is completely different to cross breeding.
Protesters are worried about all plant products that are genetically produced. To date there are very few products on the market. There has been very little in the way of long term tests on humans.
Desert Dweller said
05:54 AM Jun 28, 2016
JAZZ apples, yum!
Woody n Sue said
07:57 AM Jun 28, 2016
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the seed less watermelon is missing or doesn't have the ability to take up a certain mineral can't remember which one but it is needed to make the seeds
Woody
rockylizard said
09:14 AM Jun 28, 2016
Gday...
I apologise for taking away the mystic of this thread .... however, Mr Google usually knows the answers we poor ordinary folk crave.....
Seedless watermelons are grown from seeds. These seeds are produced by crossing diploid and tetraploid lines of watermelon, with the resulting seeds producing sterile triploid plants. Fruit development is triggered by pollination, so these plants must be grown alongside a diploid strain to provide pollen.
Don't worry. It is like all fruit and vegetables we buy, genetically modified. For some reason the protesters are only worried about canola being genetically modified. Good luck trying to find unmodified food. Neil
Cross breeding is different to genetically modifying. Cross breeding is done by using different varieties of the same genus. This is the way new varieties were produced until recently. There is no foreign material introduced.
Genetic engineering is completely different. Foreign material is introduced into plants. It is completely different to cross breeding.
Protesters are worried about all plant products that are genetically produced. To date there are very few products on the market. There has been very little in the way of long term tests on humans.
Hey thanks for that explanation. I have at times quietly wondered what the difference was and what all the hoohaa was about.
Jim
aussie_paul said
11:44 AM Jun 28, 2016
Grandad5 wrote:
Hey thanks for that explanation. I have at times quietly wondered what the difference was and what all the hoohaa was about.
Jim
Me too.
Aussie Paul.
meetoo said
12:02 PM Jun 28, 2016
Thanks all, I can now eat seedless mandarins in peace. :)
Cheers, John.
dorian said
05:40 AM Jun 29, 2016
rockylizard wrote:
Seedless watermelons are grown from seeds. These seeds are produced by crossing diploid and tetraploid lines of watermelon, with the resulting seeds producing sterile triploid plants.
I was munching down a seedless mandarin and I wondered, where do the seeds for seedless mandarins come from ???? Lol.
Cheers, John.
-- Edited by meetoo on Monday 27th of June 2016 03:26:16 PM
Have fun Haji-Baba
My granddaughter is always modifying her food and then asks Pop do you want to share.....NAH I'm good thanks sweety.
Moorey
Landy
Cross breeding is different to genetically modifying. Cross breeding is done by using different varieties of the same genus. This is the way new varieties were produced until recently. There is no foreign material introduced.
Genetic engineering is completely different. Foreign material is introduced into plants. It is completely different to cross breeding.
Protesters are worried about all plant products that are genetically produced. To date there are very few products on the market. There has been very little in the way of long term tests on humans.
Woody
Gday...
I apologise for taking away the mystic of this thread .... however, Mr Google usually knows the answers we poor ordinary folk crave.....
Seedless watermelons are grown from seeds. These seeds are produced by crossing diploid and tetraploid lines of watermelon, with the resulting seeds producing sterile triploid plants. Fruit development is triggered by pollination, so these plants must be grown alongside a diploid strain to provide pollen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedless_fruit
Cheers - John
Hey thanks for that explanation. I have at times quietly wondered what the difference was and what all the hoohaa was about.
Jim
Me too.
Aussie Paul.
Cheers, John.
So many oids! Oh no, the Triffids are here!