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Scientists play down 'superweed'
Scientists have urged caution over a
study which may have found a so-called
"superweed" growing at a site where GM
crops had been trialled.
The charlock, a relative of oilseed
rape, failed to shrivel up when daubed
with the herbicide used to manage a
biotech crop grown in the s!me field.
The creation of wild plants that pick
up the traits of engineered crops has
long been feared by anti-GM groups.
But researchers said their work showed
the chances of such transfer were slim.
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