Careless farming could cost us benefits of GM crops

The following is an edited excerpt.

Resistance is far from futile. Agricultural pests are evolving immunity to the toxins in genetically modified crops that are meant to kill them, according to a global review

That is dismaying, but it should not come as a surprise. The warning lights have been flashing for years, ever since US researchers found widespread resistance in weeds to glyphosate.

Read the full story here: Careless farming could cost us benefits of GM crops

 

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