Mutation is a way to produce new variations, entirely new genetic variations that could not be found by breeding existing strains. If we want to see something new and different we are much more likely to find it here than by breeding the old school way over and over. Mutation is what separated indica, sativa, and ruderalis who knows how long ago. Could make a new species could make a new strain, could make absolute crap, will for sure make a bunch of dead plants.
From what I read it sounded like death wasn't the majority of the outcome if using proper dose. Real question is how many would you realistically need to go through to find anything worthwhile. 10's? I'm in. 100's I might be in, but going to likely take years to get good results. 1000's I might be in after it becomes legal here. More, only if I became a commercial breeder.
Agreed, but if much time passes I don't think we will need mutagens. A DNA printer, a special virus, and a database full of genome data (once actually understood) would let us program and bring to life our own custom DNA strands. A modified virus is tricked into injecting the DNA into a living cell where it replaces the existing DNA and if written correctly will continue to live and grow.
Yep, smoothest way would be to change one gene, food source, and make that a dominant gene so it would always be passed down. Problem in the end is, what do you have them eat instead that won't cause problems with other populations?
Yea the food web would be completely manipulated and turned on its head. Each event would set off a chain reaction it'd be quite difficult to take into account how the removal of such a populous species would affect just a community let alone the biosphere as a whole. Easiest way would be let natural selection take its course, the fittest would find new food sources on their own and compete with any other species that they needed to in order to survive. Rapid population declines are pretty much inevitable at first
Imagine cannabis, the most efficient drug producing plant making DMT or Aspirin, or even antibiotics in crazy quantities!
Get some good ol salicylic acid production going... be great for rooting clones!There is a gene printer in existence that allows you to print your own DNA, that coupled with the *relatively* simple process of using a bacterium or virus to insert that DNA into a living tissue culture, then growing that tissue culture out to see if the gene took or not. It is a tedious but very worthwhile process
Most of that was just restating what I said. Is cannabis "the most efficient drug producing plant"? How do they exactly compare a opium poppy and a cannabis plant? Hell even tobacco is insanely potent when uncured.There is a gene printer in existence that allows you to print your own DNA, that coupled with the *relatively* simple process of using a bacterium or virus to insert that DNA into a living tissue culture, then growing that tissue culture out to see if the gene took or not. It is a tedious but very worthwhile process
One point I would argue, I doubt that you can get 20% cannaibinoid production when you weigh the whole plant, not just buds.
Fair enough. In any case you could always just take a large and fast growing perennial and use it's DNA to get massive size for massive production.
