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To: cosmicforce who wrote (7023)	2/9/2005 3:58:57 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 362775

A virus could do it easily. If a seed was produced that was infertile, it could be used to cross-pollinate other plants. It wouldn't fertilize that plant but it could keep it from being fertilized by other "fertile" plants. All sorts of imbalances could result. The danger is not in it's ability to outgrow other crops because it's self limiting as you mentioned. But it could spread the genetic "terminator" qualities into other plants via other natural vectors. It's a dangerous path to follow.