maybe a good idea?
>>16943090You can't just arbitrarily crossbreed unrelated plants. Crossing a citrus and a tumbleweed is like trying to breed a cow with a house cat.Drought resistant crops are an active field of research but genetic modification is a regulatory pain in the ass.
>>16943096>genetic modification is a regulatory pain in the assThis is a big problem for many industries. Like, it's practical and sane that there is regulation, but the sheer extent has really held back a lot of progress.Food production, conservation (right now there are species of fish that could be saved through modifying them with killifish pollution resistance genes but instead we're just letting them go extinct), construction (we could be modifying multiple strains of trees for faster growth, different material properties like reduced fammability or extra tensile strength or hardness or whatever, but that research has only really just started), law enforcement (there's a real hesitance to clone exceptional dogs or modify dogs to have better senses of smell or strength and stamina) and pretty much any other area that uses biological materials or living organisms for functional purposes.
>>16943096>is like trying to breed a cow with a house catTake this and cross it with a fruit.At this point Im kind of curious.
>>16945713Imagine a milk-apple, it just needs cinnomon and allspice. Bake it...or ferment, and enjoy with wine and cheese.A fucking grape vine doesnt taste like a grape but a grapple exists.[crosses arms]
