Escaped GMO canola plants persist long-term, but may be losing their engineered resistance to pesticides

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May 22, 2024, 2:00 pm773 ptsTrendingInteresting
Populations of canola plants genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides can survive outside of farms, but may be gradually losing their engineered genes, reports a new study led by Cynthia Sagers of Arizona State University, US, published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

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