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That is not how plant breeding works. You cannot cross a tomato and a petunia.


> You cannot cross a tomato and a petunia.

As I said previously.

But if you use this product in an area with native Petunioideae (like for example USA), any decent consultant would suggest assure that this pollen will not contaminate wild populations because you are messing with 1) Genetics 2) conservation of nature 3) Pollinators, and there are a few bobby traps lying in your path

We could discover too late that the same gen codify for light and a 'surprise cadeau' that will accumulate toxins in the plant for example. Or that this changes the structure of pollinators in an undesirable way because they promote the contaminated genetics.




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