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2006-12-27 | permalink
Victoria (Australia) seeks permission to grow trial crops of GM drought-tolerant wheat
THE first genetically modified wheat crop in Victoria's history could be growing within six months. The Victorian Government has applied to a Federal Government regulator for permission to grow trial crops of drought-tolerant GM wheat. If the application is approved, as critics expect, by the Gene Technology Regulator within the Federal Government's Department of Health and Ageing, two crops of the GM wheat would be grown in Horsham and Mildura.
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2006-12-27 | permalink
Victoria (Australia) seeks permission to grow trial crops of GM drought-tolerant wheat
THE first genetically modified wheat crop in Victoria's history could be growing within six months. The Victorian Government has applied to a Federal Government regulator for permission to grow trial crops of drought-tolerant GM wheat. If the application is approved, as critics expect, by the Gene Technology Regulator within the Federal Government's Department of Health and Ageing, two crops of the GM wheat would be grown in Horsham and Mildura.
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