Apparently repeated meristem propagation affects plant quality - how does this work?

[camille1585]

I went to the news website and found the replay of the news segment. They interviewed the Dutch grower in English and voiced over in French.

The French voice over is saying " when you have a variery that you've been using for 10 years and that you reproduce it year after year, then the quality becomes less and less. So we go to Asia, Thailand for example, to find new genetics"

If I try very hard to listen to what the guy is saying, I hear something a bit different, but it aso seems that they cut out small portions of what he says since the french voice over text was shorter than what he said. "But what is most important is the genetics of the plant. When you have a variety from 10 years ago, and then make more and more quantities of it" /.../ (maybe a sentence missing) "So we always look in Thailand or Taiwan for the new genetic /.../" (sentence isn't finished).

I hate shoddy translating jobs....
I don't know if we'll ever be sure of what he was really trying to say. I did find the guy's email address but I'm hesitant to bother a probably very busy person (he's the director) for a silly matter. It seems like a really big company, they have 2 sites with 14000 and 25000m2 (150000 and 270000 sq ft!) of greenhouses.

[Diane56Victor]

Originally Posted by camille1585

I hate shoddy translating jobs....
I don't know if we'll ever be sure of what he was really trying to say. I did find the guy's email address but I'm hesitant to bother a probably very busy person (he's the director) for a silly matter. It seems like a really big company, they have 2 sites with 14000 and 25000m2 (150000 and 270000 sq ft!) of greenhouses.

Im sure the director would be happy to find someone interested enough to make contact with him about his interview. Even if he doesn't have the time to answer himself Im sure he could pass on your question to someone who can help.

I would be very interested in hearing their answer.