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Pests Adapt to GM Crops
Science & Tech  (tags: geneticengineering, GeneticEngineering, business, scientists, research, news )

Shannon
- 670 days ago - care2.com
A study finds the first pest to develop resistance to genetically modified crops.
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Jim Phillips (2588)
Sunday February 10, 2008, 3:53 pm
The GM cotton didn't work as intended. Bollworms in cotton fields in Mississippi and Arkansas have genetically mutated to resist a toxin biotechnologists inserted into cotton crops, researchers at the University of Arizona found.
 
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