In the discussion thread: You can't criticize one pseudoscience when supporting another. [View all]
Response to HuckleB (Reply #207)
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 02:53 PM
immoderate (20,885 posts)
217. Increased yields? Less pesticides? Where??
These were promised, but I've not seen them fulfilled. I'll be glad to look at your data, though. The studies you cited, were limited in scope, and short term. Most were single season, and new plantings. Is it conceivable, that planting a novel crop might also initiate other practices that could affect yield? Moreover, this precludes observing the effects of mutated pests and weeds. More moreover, these studies are overwhelmingly on Bt producing crops, so it's not surprising that the cost of pesticides are reduced, since these plants are pesticides, and especially before resistant organisms can proliferate. Consider that the cherry picking was done before I got there. The study may be useful, but it's hardly definitive.
My understanding of golden rice was that it did not yield enough vitamin A to make it effective. (And I am not arguing that "science is wrong..." It always is. ![]() AFAIK, GMO seed companies do not make their seeds available to independent researchers. Therefore no controlled experiments. ![]() ![]() --imm |
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