GM Midified tomatoes
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These greedy corporations who take a tomatoes plant, modify them and then charge for the "improved" variety should go jump in the lake. In the first place they take a tomato seed out of the "public domain" mess about with it, not knowing the full consequences and then obtain copyright on the GM product. Growing a modified tomato or any other product then creates the situation which leaves the grower open to all kinds of lawsuits. Read below Rouge D'Irak Rouge D'Irak ( this may be a new variety for Aussie conditions) 'This variety is endangered even in its own country, where saving seeds was made illegal under the 'Colonial Powers' of the United States. Under the new law, Iraqi farmers must only plant seeds from 'protected varieties' from international corporations. Is this our unique way of making democracy? Thats not quite right. Under Iraqi seed law it is illegal for Iraqi farmers to re-use seeds harvested from new varieties registered under the law. That means seeds cannot be saved from a crop, or cuttings and other propagations cannot be made from a crop grown from PVPs (Plant Variety Protection germplasm) without the patent-holder (term used loosely) being compensated through an agreed upon method prescribed by the seed law. Yes, this favors corporate control of new germplasm for 20 years for field crops and 25 years for trees and vines. And yes, this is a trend worldwide in the seed industry. Iraqis may continue to use and save seeds from their traditional seed stocks .... I suppose so long as there is no cross pollination from PVPs that a corporation may prove by DNA testing. But how the heck would anyone know they were growing these GM seeds anyway? And how do WE know it is modified by them? So how do they "prove" ownership? I not only angry they can do this, but I'm even more suspicious that some legal moron allowed this to happen. Farmers have been genetically modifying seeds by selective growing methods. Surely you cant patent these plants grown by these methods either?... In any case, fact is, an Iraqi can grow Rouge D'Irak ( this may be a new variety for Aussie conditions)on Iraqi soil and from saved seeds without repurchasing each year. |
GM Midified tomatoes
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"Jonno" wrote: This Info found on the web and modified. Please pass on details of the originating website(s). I think you may be confusing Plant Variety Protection (Plant Breeder's Right in Australia) with GMOs. The two things are not the same; you register cultivars under PBR, and there is an International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants to go with it (see http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pbr/faq.shtml). Genetically Modified Organisms are covered by patents, like other inventions. Both PBR and patent law are administered by the same body in Australia: IPA (see website above). I know of one problem created by PBR in Australia, and that is that a naturally-occurring form of a species may be registered as a cultivar. This is a particular problem for growers of Australian natives, especially people who collect wild seeds and might inadvertently infringe somebody's PBR. Some Australian plants (I was reading about callistemons today) vary greatly when grown from seed, so while a nurseryman thinks he has a cultivar, Aunt Ethel down the road just has a different form. I suppose that's a roundabout way of saying that we still don't know a great deal about our flora. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
GM Midified tomatoes
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http://tinyurl.com/8sokck "Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-B340F3.17161010012009@news... In article , "Jonno" wrote: This Info found on the web and modified. Please pass on details of the originating website(s). I think you may be confusing Plant Variety Protection (Plant Breeder's Right in Australia) with GMOs. The two things are not the same; you register cultivars under PBR, and there is an International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants to go with it (see http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pbr/faq.shtml). Genetically Modified Organisms are covered by patents, like other inventions. Both PBR and patent law are administered by the same body in Australia: IPA (see website above). I know of one problem created by PBR in Australia, and that is that a naturally-occurring form of a species may be registered as a cultivar. This is a particular problem for growers of Australian natives, especially people who collect wild seeds and might inadvertently infringe somebody's PBR. Some Australian plants (I was reading about callistemons today) vary greatly when grown from seed, so while a nurseryman thinks he has a cultivar, Aunt Ethel down the road just has a different form. I suppose that's a roundabout way of saying that we still don't know a great deal about our flora. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
GM Midified tomatoes
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"Jonno" wrote: As requested :: http://tinyurl.com/8sokck As I thought, they mean PBR. Nothing to do with GMOs. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
GM Midified tomatoes
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"Chookie" wrote in message news:ehrebeniuk-7B7D34.11344317012009@news... In article , "Jonno" wrote: As requested :: http://tinyurl.com/8sokck As I thought, they mean PBR. Nothing to do with GMOs. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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