Not exact matches
By late June, the organic fields had 50 to 70
percent more species
of wild plants than the conventional fields, with significantly more weeds and biomass.
According to recent studies, declines in
wild and managed bee populations threaten the pollination
of flowers in more than 85
percent of flowering
plants and 75
percent of agricultural crops worldwide.
By inserting a cloned version
of the
wild gene into conventional wheat
plants they boosted the amount
of protein, zinc and iron in the grain by 10 to 15
percent.