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2009-07-27 |

Spanish GE crop researcher confident that EU will accept GE crops

Dr. Paul Christou of the University of Lleida in Spain said he has been part of a team that works to introduce genes into corn, causing the plant to produce higher levels of multiple nutrients. [...] Christou said the European Union has decided to ban fungicides on wheat in five years. ”I suspect that in several years, there won’t be many wheat farmers in Europe,” he said. A genetically engineered corn has the potential to produce a substance that could be used to prevent the transmission of the AIDS virus, Christou said. But he said resistance against transgenic crops has prevented it from being studied fully.

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2009-07-27 |

Spanish GE crop researcher confident that EU will accept GE crops

Dr. Paul Christou of the University of Lleida in Spain said he has been part of a team that works to introduce genes into corn, causing the plant to produce higher levels of multiple nutrients. [...] Christou said the European Union has decided to ban fungicides on wheat in five years. ”I suspect that in several years, there won’t be many wheat farmers in Europe,” he said. A genetically engineered corn has the potential to produce a substance that could be used to prevent the transmission of the AIDS virus, Christou said. But he said resistance against transgenic crops has prevented it from being studied fully.

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