The colder regions of the Earth are currently even less habitable for humans than the warmer regions. One of the reasons for this is the fa...
The colder regions of the Earth are currently even less habitable for humans than the warmer regions. One of the reasons for this is the factors that hinder the production of food locally.
Due to the extreme climate of the cold areas of the Earth, there are few living things: plants and animals can live in these regions that are also fit for human consumption. For this reason, for larger human populations, food would have to be transported remotely to cold regions, which is uneconomical in the long run.
Therefore, in order for the colder regions of the Earth to become habitable, man must be provided with the opportunity to produce food locally in these areas.
One possible way to do this is to grow cold-tolerant banana tree or other cold-tolerant varieties of edible crops. This can be solved by genetic modification if we find a plant species that has cold-tolerant properties and these properties can be transferred to a variety of edible crops.
In this case, we need to identify the genes responsible for the cold-tolerant properties of the cold-tolerant plant and then transfer them to the banana tree so that the banana tree will also have these properties.
One such cold-tolerant plant may be edelweiss. Edelweiss protects itself against the cold with a layer of woolen fur, which gives its leaves, which make up its flowers and other parts, a felt-like appearance.
If the genes responsible for growing the woolly coat of Edelweiss are identified and transplanted into the banana tree, the banana tree may also be able to grow such a coat and protect itself from the cold.
I therefore propose the creation of a transgenic organism combining the genes of the banana tree and the edelweiss to create a cold-tolerant agricultural plant suitable for human consumption.
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The Private Life of Plants
BBC Books | 21/08/1995 | David Attenborough
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