Sentences with phrase «engineered oilseed»

Last week's harvest is the first commercial crop of a genetically engineered oilseed plant.

In early June, a farmer in southern England used weed killer to destroy 26 acres of engineered oilseed rape produced by a biotech company called AgrEvo, because his farm's trustees were opposed to the trials and were worried that the rape might contaminate nearby organic crops.

Not exact matches

An oilseed crop engineered to have an altered fatty acid profile could reduce the learning ability of bees and other insects

Compared to fields growing conventional crops, those planted with GM varieties of beet and oilseed rape (canola) have fewer weeds — which is a goal of genetic engineering.