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This is incorrect. As I already stated: the cross-breeding is to take advantage of hybrid vigor[1], it is not an effort to intentionally hamper successive gener
by mejari 10y ago
This is incorrect. As I already stated: the cross-breeding is to take advantage of hybrid vigor[1], it is not an effort to intentionally hamper successive generations. This same practice occurs in non-GMO, non-patented plant breeding, and has been done for over a hundred years[2]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosis
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_plant_breeding#Green_revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_plant_breeding#Gree...