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We should be genetically engineering mangroves to bear fruit and feed millions. With the coming shortage of freshwater due to climate change this could be a gam
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
We should be genetically engineering mangroves to bear fruit and feed millions. With the coming shortage of freshwater due to climate change this could be a gamechanger
- pixl97 3y agohttps://www.eattheweeds.com/mangroves-marvelous-muck-masters-2/ https://www.eattheweeds.com/mangroves-marvelous-muck-masters... They have a propagule, not exactly a fruit. In theory you could engineer it to beef up the amount of starch in this seed, but you still have to reduce the amount of tannins so it's not bitter. Of course the bitterness keeps it from being eaten by everything in sight, so not sure how well it do in this modified form.
- elliottkember 3y ago> Warning: In Australia there is a white mangrove (Excoecaria agallocha) the sap of which can make you blind. As usual, Australia is Australia.
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- pvaldes 3y agoIs not a fruit tree. Would be like trying to grow apples on a pine. And is not necessary, because mangrove forests produce lots of food, but under the water.