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17. Please, learn the difference between a species and a varietal.

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 05:05 PM

Jan 2013

All tomatoes are one species. Heirloom Brandywine tomatoes and Hybrid Mighty Sweet tomatoes are both the same species. Neither has been genetically modified. Both were produced via selective breeding. The Heirloom would be a land based race (F0) and would have uniformity in the progeny. You can still plant the seeds of the Hybrid, but there would be no uniformity in the progeny as it is an F1 hybrid and any progeny would be an F2 and would demonstrate the genetic diversity of the two parent land based races (F0) used to breed the hybrid.

Hybrids are desirable for produced traits based upon the genetic makeup of the parent plants and for hybrid vigor. Hybrids are our friends and cannot be discounted in the garden as they can have naturally produced traits, such as resistance to pests and disease, which are not present in both of the parent plants.

That said, there was a single instance of a genetically modified tomato being brought to market. It did not do well, though.

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