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To: ManyMoose who wrote (227014)	11/5/2007 5:26:18 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793903

You raise a very good point about gene diversity. There are pitfalls with hybrids also. The American biotechnology firm, Monsanto, for example, recently found itself in the center of a political storm on account of its attempt to introduce rice seeds containing the so-called "Terminator" gene; that is, that high-yielding rice hybrid contains a gene that makes sure that seeds from this season’s rice crop will not germinate when they are sown the next season: the farmers therefore must again buy seeds from the firm. answers.yahoo.com * * *