First evidence emerges of pest resistance to GM crops: scientists
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Scientists poring over a mass of studies into the response of pests to genetically-modified cotton say they have found the first confirmation that insects have developed resistance to transgenic crops.
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Take your pick: The widening adoption of genetically engineered crops by farmers around the world is reducing global pesticide use, increasing agricultural yields and bringing unprecedented prosperity and food security to millions of the world's poorest citizens.
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The first U.S. cases of the fungus soybean rust, which hinders plant growth and drastically cuts crop production, were found at two research sites in Louisiana, officials said Wednesday.
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European consumers are at risk from  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China  after evidence of a strain was found in Britain, France and  Germany, environment group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Agriculture Department said   on Friday it verified a strip kit that can detect the   unapproved genetically modified Liberty Link rice trait in 10   minutes.
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A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.
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Genetically engineered grass developed for use on golf courses can spread its modified genes for miles, carried by ultra-light pollen
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The first US cases of the fungus soybean rust, which hinders plant growth and drastically cuts crop production, were found at two research sites in Louisiana, officials said Wednesday.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax announced Tuesday that
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US Agriculture Department tests confirmed the spread of soybean rust, a yield-slashing fungus, in three more fields in Louisiana, a university scientist familiar with USDA activities told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Metahelix Life Sciences, a biotech firm founded by five Indian scientists in 2001, says it is doing research that may lead to the development of insect-protected rice and high-yield corn.
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Science & environment: Consequences of contamination between GM crops and non-GM varietiesare set to worsen, scientists  warn
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Two shipments of U.S. rice held in the  Netherlands and Belgium have tested positive for a strain of  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice, the European  Commission said on Thursday.
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass has been shown to travel up to 21km away from the site where it was orginally planted. This may be the longest recorded distance travelled by any GM pollen, US researchers have claimed.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mous...
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Australian and British scientists have achieved a technical breakthrough to help control insects that have developed resistance to common agricultural pesticides, the New South Wales state government said on Thursday.
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass was found 21 kilometres from where it was planted, scientists reported in a study published Tuesday, raising fears of transgenic crossbreeding.