Hunt for mystery GM wheat hots up
Investigators hope to track origins of the transgenic crop.
Heidi Ledford 17 July 2013
..."Those close to the investigation say that the identity of the variety in question could emerge in the coming weeks, providing a much-needed breakthrough in this agricultural whodunnit. It could point to the cause of the release, which some have suggested could be activist sabotage. “We may never know who actually released it,” says James Moyer, director of the Agricultural Research Center at Washington State University in Pullman. “But if they know the genotype of those plants, they will be able to narrow it down quite a bit.”...
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