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Old 26-04-2003, 12:25 PM
 
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Default Greed driving plant science



Oz wrote:
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However maize in europe has no species to x-breed with, so it's not
an issue.


They thought the same in USA. The GM corn ended up in México.
Corn can travel across continents, and does so regularly.


I have yet to see any data on leguminous crops, where
insect resistance would be advantageous. Brassicae family are
profligate switchers of genes.

I don;t know if we have goatgrass in europe, it doesn't feature in
the bad weed tables, anyway.

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Oz
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