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The plants aren't being engineered to be released into the wild to grow unsupervised. They will be sold to farmers along with a program that probably includes fertilizer and pesticide, and maybe even an herbicide in the case of Roundup (glyphosphate) resistant varieties. I'm not sure what consideration is given to the fact that these crops will make hybrid crosses with wild crops and propagate some of their traits, which could be a disaster.


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