The Organic Center (TOC) contends in a press release today that a recent study - that included participation by two Monsanto scientists - "echoes" conclusions that the center's staff already has drawn about the effect that overuse of Roundup is having on the future of transgenic crops.
From the press release:
"Published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in December 2009, the Monsanto-funded research states that 'evolution of resistance to the widely used, nonselective herbicide glyphosate in weedy species endangers the continued success of transgenic glyphosate-resistant crops and the sustainability of glyphosate as the world's most important herbicide.'"
It always seems a bit suspect when organic groups fret over the future of conventional and biotech ag.
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