Recently, a photo of "GMO corn in seconds" has been widely circulated in social software, indicating that "corn with 12 rows of pulp is non-GM corn, and 14 or 16 rows are genetically modified corn"! Corn experts urge everyone not to be fooled. Traditional corn has rows from 6 to 32. Genetic modification is not in the number of rows of corn, and it cannot be seen from the appearance.
The edible safety of genetically modified crops is still controversial, but consumers absolutely have the right to know whether the crops they eat are genetically modified crops! Recently, a photo has been widely circulated in social software such as line and Facebook. It is simply pointed out that 12 rows of pulp, thin and small corn are non-GMO corn, if it is beautiful in appearance, 14 rows and 16 rows of pulp maize is genetically modified. Many people not only believe it, but also help to spread the word frequently, but what is the meaning of the truth?
Taiwanese corn expert Xie Guang, who developed "Tainong No. 7 corn", said that when he saw the photos posted on the Internet, he was worried that the Chinese people would be misled, because the rows of corn pulp had nothing to do with genetic modification. From the 6th row, the 8th row, up to 32 rows he has seen, all of them are unimproved traditional genetic corn, so it is not that the appearance is beautiful and the flesh is plump, it is genetically modified.
There are three types of genetically modified corn, all of which have nothing to do with the rows of pulp. Xie Guangguang, a researcher at the Agricultural Experiment Institute of the Agricultural Committee, said that the first genetically improved jadeRice is mainly implanted with insect-resistant genes, the second is implanted with herbicide-resistant genes, and the third is implanted with insect-resistant microcrystal genes. These are completely indistinguishable from the appearance, but genetic inspection can be clearly found. Improved genes.
Taiwan's corn is "breeding" non-genetically improved
But the sweet corn on the market in Taiwan is several times more beautiful than the thin, small, sweet corn on the market more than 10 years ago, and Sweet and juicy, isn't it genetically modified? Lin Hongzong, an assistant researcher at the Seedling Improvement and Breeding Farm of the Agricultural Committee of the Executive Yuan, said that this is through "breeding", which is to find corn varieties with high sweetness and high water content from traditional varieties, and then carry out cross-breeding. It takes 5 to 10 years to cultivate corn, and the research and development of Tai Nong No. 1 to No. 7 of Taiwan corn is almost 40 years behind.
Xie Guangguang said that the corn currently on the Taiwan market, whether it is sweet corn or glutinous corn, mostly has 12 to 16 rows of pulp. In the past, the sweetness of corn was only 6 or 7 degrees. Now the average sweetness of waxy corn is 8 degrees, and the average sweetness of sweet corn is 12 degrees. In addition, there are super sweet varieties that can reach 16 degrees, and sweetened corns are as high as 18 degrees. higher than the sweetest fruit.
It took Taiwan 20 years to improve the sweetness of corn.
It took them 20 years to improve the sweetness. They find out natural mutations and sweet corn varieties with known high sweetness, repeatedly cross-breed the best varieties, and then hand them over to farmers for planting, so that Chinese people can eat cheap and delicious corn. Xie Guangguang and Lin Hongzong both called on Chinese people to buy the products on the market with peace of mind.Corn, these are all good corns cultivated by domestic researchers and breeding farms. Taiwan Benshi has absolutely no genetically modified corn. You don't need to count how many corns there are, and you can eat them with peace of mind.
◎ Picture source/reproduced from the Internet
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