[PCA] NEWS: Modified Eucalyptus to Transform Forests

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Feb 3 08:32:02 CST 2010


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/02/tech/main6166930.shtml

Feb. 2, 2010
Modified Eucalyptus to Transform Forests
But Critics Fear Genetically Modified Plant would Grow Like a Weed Gone 
Wild
(CBS) This article was written by Discover's Smriti Rao.

Now that many U.S. farmers have grown used to genetically modified (GM) 
soy and corn, the controversy surrounding GM crops may shift over to GM 
eucalyptus-a fast-growing Australian tree that, in its unmodified strains, 
dominates the tropical timber industry.

See the link above for the full article text.






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