sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-26 months agoHave they ever tried to crossbreed potatoes and tomatoes, like tomacco but tomato+potato, rather?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareHave they ever tried to crossbreed potatoes and tomatoes, like tomacco but tomato+potato, rather?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · edit-26 months agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoHistorically they did, and what they got was a hybrid with small fruits and tubers, both of which were poisonous. I learned about it at uni, I wish I could find a link, it was such a nice litte story.
minus-squaresopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoWas the toxicity some recessive nightshade gene thing?
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoI’d say perhaps more like a dominant one - potatoes are toxic except for the tubers and some tomatoes can be problematic if not ripe.
Historically they did, and what they got was a hybrid with small fruits and tubers, both of which were poisonous. I learned about it at uni, I wish I could find a link, it was such a nice litte story.
Was the toxicity some recessive nightshade gene thing?
I’d say perhaps more like a dominant one - potatoes are toxic except for the tubers and some tomatoes can be problematic if not ripe.