>>> ....creating a GM variety that did this by inserting into the wheat's DNA a gene that makes organisms manufacture E-beta-farnasene ... ...we have persuaded the
wheat to emit a chemical called E-beta-farnasene, which is emitted by aphids when they are threatened.
Honeybees make honey off of the honeydew that aphids produce. Wonder if that pheromone would attract the bees to the wheat which would have no honey source what-so-ever?
Mike in LA
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