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> >Some might argue that GMO is a biotechnical IPM method.
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It's unfortunate that the first transgenic crops involved toxins.  If the
first transgenic corn had had a petunia gene spliced into it that merely
disrupted the olfactory cue that allowed its pest insects to identify it as
food, my guess is that there would be much less concern about GMO's.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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