From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri May 09 2003 - 14:14:16 MDT
Greg wrote:
> I think it's so sad that GM, instead of genetically modifying crops
> to be healthier, more innately resistant to pests, instead went down
> the path of making crops accept more pesticides and herbicides so
> that more of the latter could be applied. That and using extremely
> dangerous diseases for markers. What a mess... If GM had been more
> responsible or regulated (waves down indignation), organic food
> certification probably wouldn't have had to exclude GM foods.
>
>
### Do you have suggestions about how to make a crop more innately resistant
to pests, or healthier?
As it is, gene-engineers are achieving these goals, slowly, because they are
difficult, and using bacterial toxins instead of chemical pesticides is one
of the good ideas they initially came up with.
Which extremely dangerous diseases used as markers do you mean?
Rafal
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