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Report Says GE Diversity Needed

While biotech crops provide benefits, management is needed to see that those benefits continue.

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Published: Apr 14, 2010

A new report issued by the National Research Council says many U.S. farmers who grow genetically engineered crops are realizing substantial economic and environmental benefits, such as lower production costs, fewer pest problems, reduced use of pesticides, and better yields, compared with conventional crops. However, the report's authors say that farmers need to adopt better management practices to ensure that the beneficial environmental effects of GE crops continue.

The NRC report says that GE crops resistant to the herbicide glyphosate could develop more weed problems as weeds evolve their own resistance to glyphosate. David Ervin, professor of environmental management and economics, Portland State University, and chair of the committee that wrote the report, says it's increasingly essential to gain a better understanding of how genetic engineering technology will affect U.S. agriculture and the environment now and in the future.

In particular, farmers who grow GE herbicide-resistant crops need to incorporate a range of weed management practices, including using other herbicide mixes. Also, Federal and state government agencies, technology developers, universities, and other stakeholders should collaborate to document weed resistance problems and develop cost-effective ways to control weeds in current GE crops and new types of GE herbicide-resistant plants now under development.

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