When nature returns
In 2004 a farmer in Macon, Georgia, a town about 130 miles from Atlanta, he realized that some outbreaks of amaranth resisted Roundup with which he sprinkled his soybean fields. Fields victims of this invasive weed had been planted with Roundup Ready seeds, which contain a seed that has received a Roundup-resistant gene which "does not resist any weed."
Since then the situation has worsened and the phenomenon has spread to other states, South Carolina and North Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri. According to a group of scientists from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK-based organization located in Winfrith, Dorset, has been a transfer of genes from genetically modified plant and some herbs like amaranth undesirable. This finding contradicts the urgent and optimistic claims of the proponents of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that sought and continues to assert that a hybrid between a genetically modified plant and a non-modified plant is simply "impossible."
For the British geneticist Brian Johnson, who specializes in problems related to agriculture, "just a single cross made of several million possibilities. Once created, the new plant has a huge selective advantage and multiplies rapidly. The powerful herbicide used here, glyphosate and ammonium, has exerted enormous pressure on plants, which has further increased the speed of adaptation. " So, apparently a gene for resistance to herbicides has given birth to a hybrid plant arose from a gap between the grain that is supposed to protect and amaranth, which becomes impossible to remove.
The only solution is to start hand-weed, as before, but this is no longer possible given the size of crops. Besides being deeply rooted, these herbs are very difficult to start with what just 5,000 hectares have been abandoned.
Many crops are planted to GMOs resign and return to traditional agriculture, especially as GMO plants to increasingly expensive cost and profitability is paramount for this type of agriculture. So, Alan Rowland, producer and marketer of soybeans in Dudley, Missouri, says that nobody asked Monsanto type Roundup Ready beans, while in recent times this sector represented 80 percent of their trade. Today GMO grains have disappeared from their catalog and traditional grain demand is increasing. Already
July 25, 2005 The Guardian published an article by Paul Brown that showed that the modified genes of cereals had gone wild plants and created a "supergrano" resistant to herbicides, something "unthinkable" for scientists Ministry of Environment. Since 2008, the U.S. agricultural media increasingly report cases of resistance and the U.S. government has engaged major budget cuts have forced the Ministry of Agriculture to reduce and then stop some of their activities.
Plant "diabolical or sacred plant?
is amusing to note that this plant, "diabolical" for genetic agriculture as a plant sacred to the Incas. Belongs to the oldest foods in the world. Each plant produces an average of 12,000 grains per year and leaves richer in protein than soy, vitamins A and C, and minerals.
The only solution is to start hand-weed, as before, but this is no longer possible given the size of crops. Besides being deeply rooted, these herbs are very difficult to start with what just 5,000 hectares have been abandoned.
Many crops are planted to GMOs resign and return to traditional agriculture, especially as GMO plants to increasingly expensive cost and profitability is paramount for this type of agriculture. So, Alan Rowland, producer and marketer of soybeans in Dudley, Missouri, says that nobody asked Monsanto type Roundup Ready beans, while in recent times this sector represented 80 percent of their trade. Today GMO grains have disappeared from their catalog and traditional grain demand is increasing. Already
July 25, 2005 The Guardian published an article by Paul Brown that showed that the modified genes of cereals had gone wild plants and created a "supergrano" resistant to herbicides, something "unthinkable" for scientists Ministry of Environment. Since 2008, the U.S. agricultural media increasingly report cases of resistance and the U.S. government has engaged major budget cuts have forced the Ministry of Agriculture to reduce and then stop some of their activities.
Plant "diabolical or sacred plant?
is amusing to note that this plant, "diabolical" for genetic agriculture as a plant sacred to the Incas. Belongs to the oldest foods in the world. Each plant produces an average of 12,000 grains per year and leaves richer in protein than soy, vitamins A and C, and minerals.
"Amaranth" is facing the powerful Monsanto as opposed David Goliath. And everybody knows how the fight ended, however, very uneven! If these problems occur in sufficient quantity it seems that going to happen soon Monsanto will have no choice but to close down. Apart from their employees, who truly have compassion for this funeral company?
Sources: COMFIA (Via Rel IUF - Author: Sylvie Simon) and http://huertatelo.blogspot.com
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