Agricultural botanists in France have now shown that genes for herbicide resistance engineered into oilseed rape can persist for several generations in hybrids between the transgenic rape and wild radishes. Meanwhile, British researchers have found that potatoes engineered to resist attack by aphids can also harm ladybirds, the pests' natural predators. Monsanto's cotton gets the Mississippi blues Farmers in mississippi could lose millions of dollars following the partial failure of a new genetically engineered cotton crop. Moves to clamp down on altered crops come as the biotechnology giant Monsanto awaits permission to market a potato that carries a viral gene. Just how many food products contain genetically engineered ingredients that the consumers are unaware about.
Ladybirds feed on the aphids thus acting as a natural pesticide in potato crops.
The Council of Ministers will discuss the controversial genetically engineered Novartis maize, which Austria and Luxembourg have tried to ban on health and environmental grounds. GE dangers spelt out at conference Genetically engineered crops will lead to greater dependence on agrochemicals as resistant weeds and insects rapidly appear with other ecological disturbances. European Parliament MPs Confronted With Genetically Manipulated Food Representatives of the British Wholefood trade are taking their campaign for labelling and segregation of genetically manipulated foods to Brussels tomorrow, Tuesday 14th October. The delegation will be lobbying MEPs along with a scientific advisor from the Genetic Engineering Network, this follows their successful lobbying of the British Parliament in July.