Changing consumer attitudes with late-blight-resistant GM potatoes
A new study finds that consumers who have seen genetically modified (GM) potatoes growing in a field and heard about their advantages for farmers and the environment adopt a more favorable view of GM crops in general.
Pests and diseases have been a scourge to agriculture since agriculture began, and they still destroy about 20 percent of crops planted globally, even though
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