GMO SQUASH SEEDS ?

chastom · March 5, 2013

Is it possible i could be buying gmo squash seeds from my local nursery,or are they not on the market?

Wi-sunflower · March 5, 2013

I know I've seen squash on some of those lists of GMO crops. But I think those people are confusing plain Hybrids with Genetic Hybrids. Just because something has a disease or virus resistance doesn't mean it is GMO.

At least none of the catalogs I get my seeds from are claiming anything super special about any of the varieties I've seen. And I get a whole lot of "commercial grower" catalogs.

Carol

ChrisK · March 5, 2013

There are most definitely GM squash out with virus resistance. Have been for years. Seeds are only available to commercial growers, as far as I know.

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chastom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: stephenville tx Posts: 73	GMO SQUASH SEEDS ? Is it possible i could be buying gmo squash seeds from my local nursery,or are they not on the market?

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ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	There are most definitely GM squash out with virus resistance. Have been for years. Seeds are only available to commercial growers, as far as I know. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin

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Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	I know I've seen squash on some of those lists of GMO crops. But I think those people are confusing plain Hybrids with Genetic Hybrids. Just because something has a disease or virus resistance doesn't mean it is GMO. At least none of the catalogs I get my seeds from are claiming anything super special about any of the varieties I've seen. And I get a whole lot of "commercial grower" catalogs. Carol