ENDS Report 367, August 2005, pp. 15-16
1 August 2005
Herbicide-resistant genes from genetically modified oilseed rape have crossed to a wild relative - charlock - something proponents of GM technology had argued would not happen.1 The finding sounds the death knell for UK commercial planting of GM rape in the near future.
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Further information:
- 1 Potential for dispersal of herbicide tolerance genes from genetically-modified, herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape crops to wild relatives, available at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/gm/research/epg-1-5-151.htm
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