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2002-03-04 |

Forest biotech edges out of the lab

Already, researchers have inserted genes for traits such as pesticide resistance, herbicide tolerance, and delayed flowering into several types of trees, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture has received applications to field-test 138 types of transformed trees, 52 of them in the last 2 years. Farther down the road, biotech supporters imagine extraordinarily fast-growing trees that can not only reduce the pressure on natural forests but help combat climate change as well.

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2002-03-04 |

Forest biotech edges out of the lab

Already, researchers have inserted genes for traits such as pesticide resistance, herbicide tolerance, and delayed flowering into several types of trees, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture has received applications to field-test 138 types of transformed trees, 52 of them in the last 2 years. Farther down the road, biotech supporters imagine extraordinarily fast-growing trees that can not only reduce the pressure on natural forests but help combat climate change as well.

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