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Week of February 6th - February 12th

Feb. 6/Feb. 7/Feb. 8/Feb. 9/Feb. 10/Feb. 11/Feb. 12


Posted on February 7, 2000
In Search of Horizontal Gene Transfer, International Systems for Biotechnology, February 2000

A Sweeter Deal Than Expected From Transgenic Sugar Beets, International Systems for Biotechnology, February 2000

The GM Debate: Science or Scaremongering?, The John Innes Center

Public Concerns Over Transgenic Crops, John Innes Centre

Gene Debate Sprouting Even Before the Seeds: Home Gardeners Worried that GM Seeds May be Coming, The Ottawa Citizen, The Washington Post, February 4, 2000

Plant Biotechnology: Consumer Power Heralds Hard Times for Researchers, Science, Volume 287, Number 5454, pp. 790 - 791, February 4, 2000

Commentary on the Precautionary Principle, Ralph Blanchfield (Food Science, Food Technology & Food Law Consultant), February 6, 2000


Posted on February 8, 2000
Are Genetically Engineered Foods in Accord with Jewish Law?, A Comprehensive Analysis of the Problems, Prepared by Steven M. Druker, Alliance for Bio-Integrity, 1997


Posted on February 9, 2000
Eating Well: What Labels Don't Tell You (Yet), New York Times, February 9, 2000


Posted on February 10, 2000
Post to the ECOL-AGRIC list, Dr. William Lockeretz responds posts re: ABC's News Program 20/20 highly critical piece on organic agriculture

Rice industry to set apart altered crop, Sacramento Bee, February 5, 2000

Ashcroft Assails GE Accord, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau, February 9, 2000


Posted on February 11, 2000
Purdue Corn Specialist Talks Turkey on Transgenics, AgAnswers, February 9, 2000

Triple-Resistant Canola Weeds Found in Alta, Western Producer, February 10, 2000

Biotech Home Tests; These Quick, Inexpensive Tests Identify GM Grains, Farm Journal, January 2000

How nature itself uses genetic modification, Commentary, Nature, 403, 12 (2000), January 6, 2000

  • Mae-Wan Ho's response to: How nature itself uses genetic modification by Trewavas and Lever (Nature, January 6, 2000), From Biotech Activists List
Genetically Altered Crops - Will We Answer The Questions?, Presentation by Dan McGuire, American Corn Growers Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2000


Posted on February 12, 2000
Ectopic expression of the maize homeobox genes ZmHox1a or ZmHox1b causes pleiotropic alterations in the vegetative and floral development of transgenic tobacco, The Plant Cell, 8:349-362, 1996

Phytochrome A overexpression in transgenic tobacco. Correlation of dwarf phenotype with high concentrations of phytochrome in vascular tissue and attenuated gibberellin levels, Plant Physiology, 107: 797-805, 1995

Molecular analysis of an aurea photosynthetic mutant (Su/Su) in tobacco: LHCP depletion leads to pleiotropic mutant phenotypes, The EMBO Journal, 9:4197-4203, 1990

Cell-autonomous behavior of the rolC gene of Agrobacterium rhizogenes during leaf development: a visual assay for transposon excision in transgenic plants, The Plant Cell, Vol 1, 1157-1164, 1989









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