User talk:Joshsmitheram

Firstly, plants baring seedless fruit have to be grown from cutoffs and the seedless fruit itself is the result of a genetic mutation.

Secondly, in light of the first fact, because such a plant can only be cultivated from cutoffs, the plants can't evolve to resist new diseases.

Humans have been cultivating seedless banana's for 15000 years: enumerable variety's have already become extinct because of this; in fact, one known as the Gros Michael disappeared in the sixties and was said to well exceed the variety we have now in regards to flavour and texture. Have you not noticed how much sweeter and flavoursome seeded watermelon is compared to the seedless type? The seedless fruit industry - as many other vacuous trades - relies solely on consumer demand rather than intelligent progress.

What's the moral of the story? Naturally procreating organisms with diverse gene pools survive and flourish, while organisms with little or no genetic diversity eventually become extinct.

Love thy seed. Boycott thy seedless. And enjoy the wonderful endowments of our species by actively diversifying your gene pool via natural procreation with one, or many whom you are genetically different to.