Navigating the genetic engineering maze
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 06:42
in Biology & Nature
In the decade since genetically modified strains of maize resistant to insects have been grown in the European Union, crop yields have gone up, farmers' reliance on insecticides has fallen significantly and the quality of maize has improved. That's the message from research published this month in the International Journal of Biotechnology from Inderscience Publishers...
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