[PCA] Fwd: [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017

[josh wilson]

Sorry to say that it has became deregulated;
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/180ed2b?reqfrom=share
On Jan 12, 2017 11:50 AM, "Lindsey Riibe" <riibe.lindsey at gmail.com> wrote:

> According to the attached 12/8/2016 *Capital Press Ag* news article, the
> decision to deregulate the genetically engineered glyphosate-resistant
> creeping bentgrass will be made by the USDA Secretary of Agriculture after
> the close of the final public comment period, which was Monday.
>
> Attached are several of many research papers re aspects of the expanding
> problem of transgenic *Agrostis* and hybrids with *Polypogon* getting
> into various landscapes and habitats.
>
> Bruce MacBryde, PhD
> BioConservation Support
> Drake, Colorado
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lindsey Riibe <riibe.lindsey at gmail.com>
> To: Alien Plant Working Group <apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
> Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 9:16 am
> Subject: [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies
> Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017
>
> [image: The_Oregonian.jpg]
>
>
> Sunday   January 8, 2017
>
> GMO grass that 'escaped' defies eradication, divides grass seed industry
>
> Article attached as file. And, here is the link:
>
> http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/01/grass_s
> eed_industry_fearful_ab.html
>
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>
>
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