Genetically Modified Canola Spreads; Mutates into Pestcide-Resistant Invasive Weed

Reported in the Scientific American: Genetically Modified Crop on the Loose and Evolving in U.S. Midwest GM canola plant refugees from farms in North Dakota bear multiple transgenic traits Outside a grocery store in Langdon, N.D., two ecologists spotted a yellow canola plant growing on the margins of a parking lot this summer. They plucked it, ground it up and, using a chemical stick similar to those in … [Read more...]