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13-05-2003, 02:32 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic
plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. 1. A flowering houseplant (for example a scented geranium) modified to produce three times more aroma than regular flowers. I would buy I would not buy it 2. A transgenic indoor ivy that removed toxic chemicals from household air 100 times better than regular plants. I would buy I would not buy it 3. A genetically modified blue rose. I would buy I would not buy it 4. A transgenic houseplant that efficiently removed odors such as hydrogen sulfide from the air. I would buy I would not buy it Thanks for your help! Perrenelle |
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13-05-2003, 04:32 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
Absolutely yes, to all. And please add to the list blue angel trumpets and
winter tomatoes? "Perrenelle" wrote in message news:TWXva.824960$L1.238840@sccrnsc02... Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. 1. A flowering houseplant (for example a scented geranium) modified to produce three times more aroma than regular flowers. I would buy I would not buy it 2. A transgenic indoor ivy that removed toxic chemicals from household air 100 times better than regular plants. I would buy I would not buy it 3. A genetically modified blue rose. I would buy I would not buy it 4. A transgenic houseplant that efficiently removed odors such as hydrogen sulfide from the air. I would buy I would not buy it Thanks for your help! Perrenelle |
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13-05-2003, 07:20 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
"Perrenelle" wrote in message news:TWXva.824960$L1.238840@sccrnsc02... Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Absolutely, most emphatically NO -- Chris Thomas West Cork Ireland |
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13-05-2003, 07:56 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
On Tue, 13 May 2003 01:32:35 GMT, "Perrenelle"
wrote: Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. 1. A flowering houseplant (for example a scented geranium) modified to produce three times more aroma than regular flowers. I would buy I would not buy it 2. A transgenic indoor ivy that removed toxic chemicals from household air 100 times better than regular plants. I would buy I would not buy it 3. A genetically modified blue rose. I would buy I would not buy it 4. A transgenic houseplant that efficiently removed odors such as hydrogen sulfide from the air. I would buy I would not buy it Thanks for your help! Perrenelle Would not buy any of them. -- Polar |
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13-05-2003, 08:20 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
In article , "Kat" writes: | Absolutely yes, to all. And please add to the list blue angel trumpets and | winter tomatoes? Especially ones big enough for my herd of flying pigs to roost in.[*] God help us all, we are likely to be inflicted with this sort of thing shortly. I have nothing against such methods, WHEN DONE CAREFULLY AND SAFELY, but current experience is that the chances of a major disaster are huge. And I mean major :-( [*] Proposals 2 and 4 are comparable. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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13-05-2003, 09:56 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
Perrenelle wrote:
Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. None of the above. However, if you could get an Amaryllis to do the hoovering, I might be interested. |
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13-05-2003, 10:32 AM
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13-05-2003, 11:20 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
Wasn't the cherry variety Compact Stella obtained by irradiating
scions of the variety Stella? I suppose that because this used the genectic modification techniques of thirty years ago, it's OK. Certainly I've never heard of people destroying orchards containing this variety. |
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13-05-2003, 11:20 AM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
"JS" wrote in message om... Wasn't the cherry variety Compact Stella obtained by irradiating scions of the variety Stella? I suppose that because this used the genectic modification techniques of thirty years ago, it's OK. Certainly I've never heard of people destroying orchards containing this variety. I think there is a difference here. Inducing genetic mutations by irradiation is mimicking the natural process of random mutation/evolution - many natural mutations are formed by natural background irradiation. Transgenic plants are different beasts (to coin a phrase!) in that genes from one species are spliced into the DNA of white different species. There are more fundamental issues involved. pk |
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13-05-2003, 12:56 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
Perrenelle wrote:
Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Sorry, but no, I would not knowingly buy any of them. regards sarah -- "Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth." Aldous Huxley |
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13-05-2003, 01:08 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
"Perrenelle" wrote:
Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. How about a truly RED iris? Tsu -- To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Jules Henri Poincaré |
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13-05-2003, 01:56 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
No. But...
I understand the entire world population of Bananas is under threat of extinction due to a particular disease, and transgenic research is being done to create a resistant strain. I wonder how many of us would eat transgenic bananas if they were the only ones available? -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
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13-05-2003, 02:08 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
On Tue, 13 May 2003 14:00:52 +0100, Drakanthus
wrote: No. But... I understand the entire world population of Bananas is under threat of extinction due to a particular disease, and transgenic research is being done to create a resistant strain. I wonder how many of us would eat transgenic bananas if they were the only ones available? More info he http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991037 Tim. |
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13-05-2003, 02:20 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
Perrenelle wrote:
Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic plants by answering three simple questions below. The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly. Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. 1. A flowering houseplant (for example a scented geranium) modified to produce three times more aroma than regular flowers. I would buy I would not buy it 2. A transgenic indoor ivy that removed toxic chemicals from household air 100 times better than regular plants. I would buy I would not buy it 3. A genetically modified blue rose. I would buy I would not buy it 4. A transgenic houseplant that efficiently removed odors such as hydrogen sulfide from the air. I would buy I would not buy it Thanks for your help! Haven't most of these been done already in part by nature.. Bar the blue rose. In any case we are all already eating transgenic Soy in a large proportion of our foods. There is little logical point behind transgenic ornamentals other than monetary gain. Current view is I would avoid knowingly buying any transgenic plants for at least 100 year testing period (preferably more) // J |
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13-05-2003, 04:08 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
In article , "Kat" wrote:
Absolutely yes, to all. And please add to the list blue angel trumpets and winter tomatoes? No, no -- transgenic EVERGREEN tomatos that produce cherry tomatoes in the window all year round AND have gigantic blue clematis blooms to boot! -paghat the ratgirl "Perrenelle" wrote in message news:TWXva.824960$L1.238840@sccrnsc02... Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be interested in, if any. 1. A flowering houseplant (for example a scented geranium) modified to produce three times more aroma than regular flowers. I would buy I would not buy it 2. A transgenic indoor ivy that removed toxic chemicals from household air 100 times better than regular plants. I would buy I would not buy it 3. A genetically modified blue rose. I would buy I would not buy it 4. A transgenic houseplant that efficiently removed odors such as hydrogen sulfide from the air. I would buy I would not buy it Thanks for your help! Perrenelle -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/ |
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