Think of your favourite variety of apple. You can probably imagine it to the point of tasting it on your tongue: a crisp Golden Delicious, a juicy McIntosh, a tart Gravenstein. Now, try the same with your favourite wine: Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir.
These fruit cultivars you鈥檝e enjoyed for years have been around for a long, long time.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been drinking Pinot Noir for 1,000 years, for example, and it hasn鈥檛 really changed,鈥 says Sean Myles, an internationally renowned fruit researcher in Dal鈥檚 Faculty of Agriculture. 鈥淲e have a massive attachment to particular grapes and apples, way more than in other crops, and this leads to heritage varieties.鈥
We like what we like; what鈥檚 wrong with that?
鈥淧athogens continue to evolve and if our crops don鈥檛, that鈥檚 a huge problem,鈥 explains Dr. Myles, noting that diseases and pests are consistently becoming stronger, more threatening.
鈥淩amping up the arms race in agro-chemical weaponry isn鈥檛 the answer. Easier, more efficient breeding could be.鈥
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