Re: GM Taro...


In today's Star-Bulletin, looks like another taro
demonstration....

http://starbulletin.com/2007/03/31/news/story02.html

Here's an older link with more detail, specically which varieties are
being hacked:

http://starbulletin.com/2007/02/18/editorial/commentary.html

'"There is a significant disease moving in the south of
Pacific that has already wiped out taro production in
some of the islands," said Stephanie Whalen, president
and director of the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center.

And here's a link to more tech info about diseases and pests of the
taro:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ac450e/ac450e06.htm

I wonder what the 60 protestors in the 3/31 SB article offer in lieu
of genetic mods to increase the viral resistance of taro?

Change and Hawaii are synonymous; volcanic islands (hello?), populated
by plants, animals and people from other places, my goodness, nothing
is or has been static on these islands since day one

IMO, native Hawaiians are change agents, not dead wood.

The fact the UH is trying to think ahead and take action to keep taro
as a living plant instead of something we will only read about in 100
years is a huge gift - why would anyone think badly of this work?

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