Genetically modified crops pop up in the wild

The discovery of canola in North Dakota raises concern that engineered plants could take over native species and cause hardy superweeds to develop. Genetic engineering has been hailed as a tool to produce crops that are left unharmed by weed-killing pesticides and that are more productive than their forebears. But critics have worried that modified plants might take over land used by native...

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