GM SUGAR BEET
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GENETICALLY modified sugar beet is between 15 and 50 per cent more environment-friendly than conventional beet, according to a University of Reading, England, study. It says that herbicide-resistant GM beet requires less weed killer and pesticide treatment, cutting tractor fuel used as a spin-off, reducing the crop's impact on global warming.
GENETICALLY modified sugar beet is between 15 and 50 per cent more environment-friendly than conventional beet, according to a University of Reading, England, study. It says that herbicide-resistant GM beet requires less weed killer and pesticide treatment, cutting tractor fuel used as a spin-off, reducing the crop's impact on global warming.
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