GMOs have negative connotations, and without changing this situation, nothing can be done to rapidly develop new plant varieties. And it seems necessary. I don't know if it's necessary to scare people, but it does capture the imagination that, due to the lack of blight-resistant potato varieties in Ireland, between 1845 and 1852, a million people starved to death, and another million or more fled the island. An interview with Prof. Stanisław Kar…
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GMOs have negative connotations, and without changing this situation, nothing can be done to rapidly develop new plant varieties. And it seems necessary. I don't know if it's necessary to scare people, but it does capture the imagination that, due to the lack of blight-resistant potato varieties in Ireland, between 1845 and 1852, a million people starved to death, and another million or more fled the island. An interview with Prof. Stanisław Kar…