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Plant scientists develop new tool to protect crops from modified genes

Posted on February 26, 2007

In a development of major importance for the future of the biobased economy, plant biologists at the University of Connecticut have created a tool that may help alleviate public concerns surrounding genetically-modified plants. Controlling the flow of transgenic genes into the wild via pollen and seeds has been a huge concern to the public and a major challenge for scientists specializing in agricultural biotechnology.The tool, called a GM-gene-deletor, could prevent genetically-modified gene flow into non-biotech crops or weeds. The invention may be particularly useful to confine geneti...

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