My concern is greed. Gmo’s have a history of favoring the rich. Lets say we make round up ready pear rootstocks and we just spray the orchard killing all but the trees it takes more poison, wipes out beneficial insects etc. . The benefits are 5x growth in pear trees, trees resistant to any disease etc… your right @dimitri_7a in principle it sounds good but it might be used to extort money from you instead of help you. Callery pears have adapted already in most cases but read more here Wild callery pear rootstocks . If nothing else callery should be what is genetically modified. Im also concerned what impact will gmo trees have on nature? This is a great question on callery rootstocks in the thread Pears and black walnut? . There is a lot to think over prior to planting an orchard Pear rootstocks influence on Fruit size
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