Saturday, November 6, 2010

French Researcher Halts the Development of GMO Crops

I just saw these two news from AgriGenomics Research eNewsletter today. I have no comment and just want to post in here. The links of both articles are not from AgriGenomics because you will need to register to read the full article. If you google the title, you will be able to find the full article as I did.

French Researcher Halts the Development of GMO Crops
Europe's top farm researcher has abandoned work on developing new genetically modified crops due to widespread distrust and even hostility by European consumers.

If GMO Genes Escape, how will the Hybrids do?
Scientists are investigating how gene flow from a cultivated crop to a weedy relative would influence the ecological fitness of a cropwild hybrid offspring.

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