Nigeria: TELA Maize: IAR Determined To Ensure Food Security With Variety Crops
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This page is a repost of a news article regarding the IAR's TELA maize variety, followed by a brief discussion on the safety and replantability of GMO seeds. The thread features a knowledgeable exchange between users clarifying hybrid seed limitations and addressing safety concerns, with no commercial listings or direct farmer problems reported.
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“They can be replanted. They just won't yield as much as the first harvest due to unfavourable recessive genes gaining expression.”
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“Farmers realize it's better to buy F1 seed because of the yield. Not only TELA Maize, for any GM once you go for F2, it reduces yield”
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