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Yes. The only way off the treadmill is to stack as many traits as possible so that evolution doesn't have time to adapt. This was the key to effective treatme
by searine 9y ago
Yes.
The only way off the treadmill is to stack as many traits as possible so that evolution doesn't have time to adapt.
This was the key to effective treatment of HIV for example. Anti-retroviral cocktails of 3-5 drugs, each with a different mode of action.
We're lucky though, plants evolve slow, so we only need a few different traits to slow/stop evolution.
- viggity 9y agofurthermore, farmers are forced to plant "refuge" plots - plots that do not get GMO seeds, nor get herbicide/pesticide treatments. This ensures that there is plenty of resistance-less plants/insects left in the gene pool to cross breed with any plants/insects that have developed a resistance - there by preventing the resistant plants/insects from taking over and becoming dominant. Quite brilliant when you think about it.
- caf 9y agoGiven that the dispute that is the subject of the original article here is about dicamba drifting onto non-sprayed fields in the local area, some scepticism is warranted as to how well those refuge plots would work.