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General Discussion and Opinions
- Roundup Unready, Editorial Desk, The New York Times, February 19,
2003
- Monsanto failed halfway in developing herbicide tolerant rice in
Japan, GMO Information Service Japan, December 5, 2002
- "Putting Rat on the Menu", SANET Post by Joe Cummins, February
14, 2002 (Inducible cross-tolerance to herbicides in transgenic potato
plants with the rat CYP1A1 gene - ABSTRACT, TAG Theoretical and
Applied Genetics 104 Issue 2-3 [2002] pp 308-314)
- GMO grass seed, By Matt Sabo, Correspondent, The Oregonian
- Syngenta Stops GE Sugar Trials in
Europe, Trouw Daily, February 23, 2001
- Gene-Spliced Wheat Stirs Global Fears, Washington Post, February 27, 2001
- US data reveals UK GM trials unscientific, Natural Law Party Wessex overview
of the abstracts from the 1998 - 2000 Meetings of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), Volume 38-40, 2000
- Herbicide Tolerant Genes Part 1: Squaring Up Roundup Ready Crops,
Agrichemical and Environmental News, September 2000, Issue No. 173
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Herbicide Tolerant Genes Part 2:
Giddy 'bout Glyphosate,
Agrichemical and Environmental News, November 2000, Issue No. 175
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Herbicide Tolerant Genes Part 2:
"Super Weed" Myths and Kryptonite Remedies,
Agrichemical and Environmental News, December 2000, Issue No. 176
- Weed Shift Worries, Progressive Farmer, June 12, 2000
- Sex, lies, and herbicides, Nature Biotechnology,
18(3):241, March 2000.
- Preventing Herbicide-Resistant
Ryegrass, Manitoba Co-operator, July 6, 1999
- Genetically Engineered Crops for Pest
Management, ERS, June
25, 1999
- New Study Links World's
Biggest Selling Pesticide to Cancer: Swedish Study Finds Exposure to Glyphosate and MCPA Increases Risk for
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Press Release from PAN AP (Pesticide Action
Network, Asia Pacific), June 21, 1999
- New Study Links
Monsanto's Roundup to Cancer Genetic Concern, June
1999
- Herbicide Resistance in Australia
a "wake-up call" for Canada, Manitoba Co-operator,
Canada -- from a Lethbridge Research Centre press release -- June 10, 1999
Soybeans
Economic and Environmental Impacts of First Generation
Genetically Modified Crops: Lessons from the United States,
by Dr. Charles M. Benbrook, for the International Centre for Trade
and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), November 2002
- Weed Resistance May Be Issue with Genetically Modified
Soybeans, Journal Star, July 8, 2003
- Weed Could Cost Farmers Millions to Fight, The Associated Press,
June 4, 2003
- Roundup-resistant weeds are cropping up -- The herbicide is so
popular that it may not be as effective as it was initially.
Des Moines Register Washington Bureau, January 10, 2003
- Monsanto vs Homan McFarling: Judge Clevenger understands by David
Dechant for CropChoice, December 5, 2002
- Glyphosate resistance dominates weed science meetings, By Mike
Holmberg, Farm Chemicals Editor, Successful Farming, December 6, 2002
- GM crops seen as 'a fantastic tool', The West Australian,
September 26, 2002
- Weed management in transgenic soybean resistant to
glyphosate under conventional tillage and no-tillage
systems - ABSTRACT, Journal of New Seeds vol. 3 (1) p.27-40,
2002
- Glyphosate Weed Killer Benefits Soil Fungus, Progressive Farmer,
Editorial, January 3, 2001
- ASA Study Confirms Environmental Benefits of Biotech
Soybeans, American Soybean Association Conservation Tillage Study results, November 12, 2001
- Monsanto drops seed patent lawsuit against North Dakota family,
Associated Press, October 30, 2001
- U.S. seen handing China GMO soy papers this week, Reuters, October
30, 2001
- Appeals Court sides with farmer in case over faulty seed,
Associated Press, September 27, 2001
- Characterisation of The Roundup Ready Soybean Insert
Belgian scientists discover “unknown DNA” in Monsanto’s genetically
engineered “Roundup Ready” soybeans.
European Food Research and Technology, 213:107-112, 2001
- Mystery DNA Is Discovered in Soybeans by Scientists
The New York Times, August 16, 2001
- Greenpeace Appeals To Scientists For Help To Identify
The Origin Of Unknown DNA in Roundup Ready Soybean, Open letter from Greenpeace
International Science Unit, Exeter, U.K., August 15, 2001
- "Roundup Ready soya: Incomplete data,
missing evaluation and insufficient controls" ,Greenpeace background paper,
August 15, 2001
- Recent survey marks growth in biotech soybeans
Journal Star, Peoria, Illinois, July 06, 2001
- Yellow Soybeans After Glyphosate Applications
University of Missouri-Columbia; Integrated Pest & Crop Management
Newsletter, August 10, 2001
- Biotech Soybeans Plant Seed of Risky
Revolution, L.A. Times, July 1, 2001
- Argentine Farmers Bet On Biotech,
Reuters, June 14, 2001
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Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Cultivar Yields Compared with Sister
Lines, Agronomy Journal. 93:408-412 (2001)
- Glyphosate-Resistant Soybean Cultivar Response to Glyphosate,
Agronomy Journal, 93:404-407 (2001)
- Inspection of the Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified, the Roundup
Tolerant Soybean: Monsanto's Dangerous Logic as seen in the
Application Document submitted to Japan, By Masaharu Kawata,
Assistant Professor, School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
- "Troubled Times Amid Commercial Success for Roundup Ready Soybeans,
Glyphosate Efficacy is Slipping and Unstable Transgene Expression
Erodes Plant Defenses and Yields",
AgBioTech InfoNet Technical Paper Number 4, May 3, 2001
- Biotech Soybeans Lead to More Use Of Herbicides, Not Less,
Report Claims, Bureau of National Affairs, International Environment Reporter, Volume 24
Number 10, May 9, 2001 Page 378
- Food and Business, Post from
Andrew Aple, AgBioView list, May 5, 2001
- Herbicide Resistant Weeds Spring Up in Bioengineered Soy Fields,
ENS, May 4, 2001
- Report says Monsanto's Roundup could become victim of its success,
St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 3, 2001
- Report points out problems with Roundup Ready soybeans,
Cropchoice.com, May 3, 2001
- Biotech Soybean Seed Helps Growers Produce Safe and Profitable
Crops: A Message from ASA President Tony Anderson, Press Release,
American Soybean Association, May 2, 2001
- Farmers to boost plantings of GM crops, USDA says, Associated Press,
Washington, April 2, 2001
- DNA Surprise: Monsanto discovers extra sequences in its Roundup
Ready soybeans, The Scientist, 14[15]:20, Jul. 24, 2000
- Post to the Ag BioView list in response to Allan D. Shapiro's post "Herbicide Use",
May 18, 2001
- A farming family's frustrations with genetically engineered soybeans,
CropChoice News, February 16, 2001
- Maverick marestail won't be rounded up, Farm Chemicals Editor, February
15, 2001
- Does Roundup-resistant marestail illustrate problems with reliance on GM crops
and pesticides?, News Release, Cropchoice.com
February 22, 2001
- Bumper Crop Basics: Yellow Leaf Mystery Solved, Farm Progress,
February 5, 2001
- MU researchers find fungi buildup in glyphosate-treated soybean
fields, Press release, University of Missouri, December 21, 2000
Abstract
- Effects of glypohsate on Bradyrhizobium japonicum interactions
in Roundup-Ready soybeans. (Abstract) R. E. Hoagland*, K. N.
Reddy, and R. M. Zablotowicz. USDA-ARS, SWSRU, Stoneville, MS.
- Buried Data in Monsanto's Study on
Roundup Ready Soybeans, Barbara Keeler, Whole Life Times,
August 2000
- Roundup Inhibits Steroidogenesis by Disrupting Steroidogenic
Acute Regulatory (StAR) Protein Expression (Abstract), Environmental
Health Perspectives, August 2000
- Starlink is not the Problem! Suppressed Information About the Real
Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods, The Konformist, October 31, 2000
- Effects of Weed Management Systems on Canopy Insects in
Herbicide-Resistant Soybeans
(abstract), Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol 93, No.5,
October 2000, p. 1437-1443
- Effect of GM and non-GM soybeans on the immune system of BN rats
and B10A mice (abstract), Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan,
41: (3) 188-193 June, 2000
- Monsanto Guarantees Roundup Ready System Will Improve Soybean
Profits, AgWeb.com - From Pro Farmer, July 31, 2000
- Research Shows Roundup Ready Soybeans Yield Less, IANR News Service, University of Nebraska.
- Monsanto GM Seeds Contain 'Rogue' DNA, Scotland on Sunday, May, 2000.
- GM Soybeans Study, The U.S. National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP) releases
a report on Roundup Ready soybean yield and economics, Reuters,
April 14, 2000. The full report is available in PDF form at the NCFAP website.
- General Accounting Office (GAO) report shows that U.S. farmers pay more for Monsanto's RR
soybean seed than their Argentine competitors, February 2000.
- Glyphosate Resistance in
Another Plant, Wisconsin Crop Manager Newsletter,
December 1999
- U.S. GM Soy Planting Seen Up Next Year - Seed Firm,
Reuters, December 3, 1999
- Monsanto's Modified Soya Beans are Cracking Up in the Heat,
New Scientist, November 20, 1999
- Yield Potential and Response of Roundup Ready Soybean
Varieties to Raptor or Pursuit Herbicides, Kansas State
University (pdf 195K)
- Japan Food Maker to Drop Gene-Altered Soybeans,
Reuters World Report, September 1, 1999
- The Problem with the Safety of Roundup Ready Soybeans,
Flinders University, August 1999
- Evidence of the Magnitude of the Roundup Ready Soybean Yield Drag from University-
Based Varietal Trials in 1998
, Ag BioTech InfoNet Technical Paper Number 1, July
13, 1999 (PDF 283K)
- Court Order Prohibits Growing of GM Soya in Brazil Until
August 2000, Press Release, July 8, 1999
- "Performance of Trangenic Soybeans --
Northern U.S.", Dr.
E. S. Oplinger, Dr. M. J. Martinka, Dr. K. A. Schmitz, Winter
1999. (PDF 51K)
- Alterations in Clinically Important Phytoestrogens in Genetically Modified,
Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans (abstract), Journal of Medicinal
Food, (Vol 1., No.4), Maryanne Liebert Publishers,
June 25, 1999
- Residues in Roundup Ready Soya
Lower than in Conventional Soya, Monsanto Company, June 22, 1999
- "Urgent Appeal to all Governments to Revoke
the Market Approval of Monsanto's RR-Soybean", from the Third Meeting
of the Open-ended Ad hoc Working Group on Biosafety of the
UN-Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, October 13, 1997
- Genetic Soybeans from the US Alarm
Europeans, New York Times, November
7, 1996
Corn
- Farmers Warned About Corn Test Kits, AP Online,
October 26, 2001
- Remember: Roundup Ready Corn Must Be Segregated
Agweb News, August 29, 2001
- Factors Shaping Trends in Corn Herbicide Use, Ag BioTech
InfoNet Technical Paper Number 5, July 23, 2001
- Federal Register Notice: June 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 120)]
[Page 38494-38495] -- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, [Docket No. 00-026-1] -- Monsanto Co.;
Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment for Extension of
Determination of Nonregulated Status for Corn Genetically
Engineered for Glyphosate Herbicide Tolerance
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Engineering Herbicide Resistance by Targeted Modification of
a Plant Gene, ISB News Report, June 2000
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Comparison of Weed Management Strategies in Roundup Ready Corn,
J.A. Ferrell and W.W. Witt, Kentucky
- EU Delays Plans to End Ban on
Gene-Altered Maize, Reuters World Report,
April 15, 1998
- Pioneer Announces Decision on Herbicide Resistance in Corn, Des Moines,
Iowa, PR Newswire, November 13, 1997
- DeKalb Announces Roundup Ready Corn for 1998 Growing Season, DeKalb IL,
PR Newswire, July 29, 1997
Cotton
- Crop Injury with Non Ultra Roundup
Formulations, Delta Farm Press/Agnet, May 24, 2001
- Proposed guidelines for pre-commercial evaluation of transgenic
and conventional cotton cultivars. (Abstract) 2000 Proceedings Beltwide
Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, USA, 4-8 January, 2000:
Volume 1. p.503-507
- Agronomic Problems With Cotton, June, 2000
- Herbicide Buctril Ban, Jackson, MS,
Associated Press, January
7, 1998
- Biotechnology and the Future of
Agriculture, New York Times,
December 11, 1997
- Seeds of Discontent: Cotton Growers
Say Strain Cuts Yields, New York
Times, November 19, 1997
- Mississippi Investigates Monsanto's
Roundup Ready Cotton, Memphis Commercial Appeal,
August 18, 1997
Canola
- Test genes are being phased out - but for now the trial will
be abandoned, Science Editor, The Independent (UK), August 16, 2002
- Ministers suspend GM crop-testing, The Independent, August 16, 2002
- Herbicide sensitivity of transgenic multiple herbicide-tolerant oilseed
rape - ABSTRACT Pest Management Science, Volume 58, Issue 4, 2002, pp. 405-412
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Monsanto Seeks to Avoid Massive Food Recall Asking USDA To
'Forgive' Presence of GE Material in Canola Seed, The Wall
Street Journal, posted in the
Agribusiness Examiner, April 15, 2002
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Selling Illegal GE Canola Seed: Center for Food Safety Seeks
Criminal Investigation of Monsanto and Aventis,
Joe Medelson, Center for Food Safety, posted in the
Agribusiness Examiner, April 15, 2002
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Monsanto Says Gene-Altered Canola May be in US Food,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 16, 2002
- Canola farmers go GM but watch exports,
Reuters, November 13, 2001
Hybridisation between Brassica napus L. and Raphanus raphanistrum L. under agronomic
field conditions - ABSTRACT, TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume 103 Issue 4 (2001) pp 555-560
- GM rape heading for agronomic scrap heap? New high performance non-gm
OSR lines from Syngenta, May 2001
- Monsanto Replacing GMO Canola Seed in Canada -- Scramble
to Retrieve Thousands of Recalled Bags, Reuters (Winnepeg Manitoba, CA), April 25, 2001
- Canadian farmer, Percy Schmieser, vs
Monsanto -- for the past year this Saskatchewan farmer has been in
litigation with Monsanto. The company's genetically engineered
canola plants were found growing on his field, apparently after
pollen from modified plants had blown onto his property from nearby
farms.
- Cross-Pollination Leads to Triple Herbicide Resistance, ISB News Report,
March 2001
- An Agronomic and Economic Assessment of GMO Canola, Canola Council of
Canada, January 2001
- Monsanto hits brick wall of public opinion, The Western Producer, Calgary bureau,
February 9, 2001
- Plants rendered herbicide-susceptible by cauliflower mosaic
virus–elicited suppression of a 35S promoter-regulated transgene,
ABSTRACT, Nature Biotechnology, September 2000
- Australia Non-GM Grains Cash In
Winning Trade Hand, August 18, 2000
- New Canadian Scare: Genes From Genetically Engineered Crops
Creating Herbicide Resistant Weeds, The Globe and Mail, June 15, 2000
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GM Rape fails to perform as study
reveals erroneous basis for UK fieldscale trials,
National Law Party Wessex publication, 2000.
- Survey Shows Increase in Herbicide-Resistant Weeds,
SCDC Canola Newsletter, December 20, 1999
- Triple-Resistant Canola Weeds
Found in Alberta, Western Producer,
February 10, 2000
- Perspectives on Canola, Quality, and IPM, Remarks By:
Dr. Charles Benbrook Before the: Canola IPM Working Group,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, December 10, 1997
Wheat
- "An environmental assessment of Roundup Ready(R) Wheat:
Risks for direct seeding systems in Western Canada"
by RC Van Acker,AL Brúle-Babel and LF Friesen (conclusions)
Link to report
- Glyphosate Applied Preharvest Induces Shikimic Acid Accumulation in Hard
Red Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum), J. Agric. Food Chem.,
51 (14), 4004 -4007, 2003 (Abstract)
- Washington State wheat breeder won't sow Clearfield seed, Borlaug warns
against privatization of public breeding, by Robert Schubert,
CropChoice editor, Posted May 27, 2003
- The Heartland Wrestles With Biotechnology, washington Post, April
22, 2003
- Farmers not sure they want genetically modified wheat, Minnesota Public
Radio, May 5, 2003
- South Korean wheat buyers warn US against biotech, Reuters News Service,
May 5, 2003
- Altered waves of grain, U.S. News & World Report,
March 24, 2003
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Wheat Industry Wrestles with GMO Issues, Reuters, January 28, 2003
- Measures seek control of engineered wheat, Billings Gazette, January
13, 2003
- Monsanto seeks approval for genetically modified wheat, Calgary Herald
January 8, 2003
- Lawmakers discuss biotech wheat liability, Associated Press Newswires,
October 30, 2002
- Price of growing GM wheat too high, The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon),
February 26, 2002
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Field Evaluation of Transgenic and Classical Sources of Wheat streak
mosaic virus Resistance (ABSTRACT), Crop Science 42:105-110 (2002)
- The Good and the Bad of GM Wheat,
Editors, Rooster News Network,
October 14, 2001
- Do You Want to Know a Secret? GMO Wheat may be your neighbor,
First published in the Spokane Tilth Journal, Summer 2001
- Brave new wheat U.S. multinational
Monsanto stirs debate by experimenting with genetically modified crop near Brno,
The Czech Republic. The Prague Post, August 15, 2001
- Hidden Wheat Fields Spark Outrage, Wired News, August 7, 2001
- Wheat breeder avoids the GMO path, Crop Choice News, July 30, 2001
- GM wheat panned by Canadian
consumers, farmers, Reuters, August 1, 2001
- Monsanto Vows to be Cautious With GM
Wheat: Won't Commercialize RRW Without Controls, The
Leader-Post (Regina), July 12, 2001
- GM Wheat Tests Making Farmers Nervous, CBC News, May 25, 2001
- Wheat industry is cautious on biotech introduction, Omaha
World-Herald via AgriBiz.Com, May 29, 2001
- Tagging New Leaf Rust Resistance Genes in Wheat, ARS Magazine,
May 2001 10K
- Wheat May Become Resistant To Diseases, Pests With Its Own Genome,
Agweb.com, AgWeb Editors, May 16, 2001
- N.D. Producer Talks Biotech Wheat with Customers in Japan,
Information courtesy of the North Dakota Wheat Commission, May 1, 2001
- Wheat Farmers See Biotech As Friend And Foe, Reuters via Yahoo! News,
April 30, 2001
- What the Biotech Revolution Has to Offer PNW Agriculture and Is WSU
Ready for the Ride?, Presentation by Charles Benbrook for WSU Department
of Crop and Soil Science Seminar Series, March 15, 2001
- North Dakota senate rejects ban on biotech wheat,
Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation, April 4, 2001
- Farmers Joining State Efforts Against Bioengineered Crops,
New York Times, March 24, 2001
- Monsanto threatens to pull the plug on GMO
research, Minot Daily News, Associated Press,
March 10, 2001
- U.S. states seek laws to limit new biotech wheat, Reuters, February 9, 2001
- Scientist points out possibility of Roundup Ready wheat crossing
with goatgrass weed, February 5, 2001, Cropchoice News
- U.S. wheat calls for identity preservation system before
commercialization of GM wheat, New Release, US Wheat Associates,
June 27, 2000
- U.S. Wheat Associates Board Strengthens Oversight Role on GM Wheat,
GrainNet News, February 5, 2001
- European buyers warn U.S. over gene wheat plans, Reuters,
February 2, 2001
- Farmers, foreign markets send negative signals on Roundup Ready
wheat, CropChoice News, February 1, 2001
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Herbicide-tolerant wheat nears approval, The Western Producer, June 29, 2000
Other Crops
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) approved the AgrEvro petition (98-329-01p 26
Jan 2001) to determine non regulated status for the glufosinate tolerant rice.
Resistance Management
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Herbicide-Resistant Weed May Invade Pennsylvania Crops, Penn State
News, May 30, 2003
- Weed Resistance May Be Issue with Genetically Modified
Soybeans, Journal Star, July 8, 2003
- Weed Could Cost Farmers Millions to Fight, The Associated Press,
June 4, 2003
- GM crops seen as 'a fantastic tool', The West Australian,
September 26, 2002
- Linkages between resistance problems, resistance management
and genetically modified crops?, Summary of lecture at PAN Europe
meeting by Crescentia Freudling, 1999PAN Germany, March 2000
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Pest Management at the Crossroads (PMAC), Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
and herbicide resistance.
- Tests by Ohio State and private industry show that common ragweed and giant
ragweed are developing resistance to ALS
(acetolactate synthase) herbicides,
Farm and Dairy (Salam, OH), May 20, 1999
- Weeds May Acquire Virus Resistance from
GM Crops, The Times (London),
September 9, 1998
- Resistance to the
herbicide glyphosate, Nature 395: 25-27, September 3, 1998.
- Blunting Resistance to Herbicides,
Weed Technology,
April-June, 1997
Ecological Risks
- Potential for gene transfer between wheat (Triticum aestivum)
and jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) (abstract), Weed
Science: Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 313 317
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Predictions of Biodiversity Response to Genetically Modified
Herbicide-Tolerant Crops,, SCIENCE Volume 289,
Number 5484, Issue of 1 Sep 2000, pp. 1481-1482
- A transgene-centred approach to the biosafety assessment
of transgenic herbicide-tolerant crops
, Biotechnology and Development
Monitor, June 1999
- Monsanto Weed Killer 'Wipes Out Beneficial Insects',
UK Independent, October 12, 1999
- Glyphosate and Beneficial
Arthropods, Monsanto Company
Backgrounder, Revised April, 1999
- Seeds of Trouble 'Sown Before GM',
British Times,
September 16, 1999
- Environmental Risks of Transgenic
Crops: An Agroecological Assessment,
Miguel A. Altieri, U. California, Berkeley, January, 1998
- Herbicide Tolerant Crops and The Leopold Center:
A Position Statement, Dennis Kenney, Director, May, 1997
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