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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoI was thinking that it’s about composition (watermelon is mostly water), so probably more capsaicin. Hot like a pepper but big and round. And maybe some orangish bioluminescence too, since it’s a made-up fruit and I’m allowed some creative licence. Windmelon would then be very light and spongy.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI wonder if a fruit like that could ever be GMO’ed.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI see no fundamental reason why not. The barriers are mostly cultural and in understanding details of biology when it comes to GMOs.
I was thinking that it’s about composition (watermelon is mostly water), so probably more capsaicin. Hot like a pepper but big and round. And maybe some orangish bioluminescence too, since it’s a made-up fruit and I’m allowed some creative licence.
Windmelon would then be very light and spongy.
I wonder if a fruit like that could ever be GMO’ed.
I see no fundamental reason why not. The barriers are mostly cultural and in understanding details of biology when it comes to GMOs.