Greener light on GM crops
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Greener light on GM crops
A new study of a number of specific GM crops over several years in rotation with conventional crops has found no evidence that they may be more harmful to the environment, in terms of the reservoir of weed seeds important for much wildlife, than conventional varieties alone. The findings of the Botanical and Rotational Implications of Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerance (Bright) project in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.004