Sentence examples for modified plants and from inspiring English sources

Although American consumers generally have been less upset than Europeans by the new crops, the Clinton administration plans to tighten regulations on the development and marketing of genetically modified plants and foods.

He explored the risks and rewards of genetically modified plants and crops, pesticides, stem-cell research, cloning and other issues as co-editor of two textbooks, "New Dimensions in Bioethics" (2000) and "Expanding Horizons in Bioethics" (2005).

The UN's unscientific and discriminatory approach to genetically modified plants and microorganisms violates one of the fundamental precepts of regulation: that the degree of scrutiny should be commensurate with risk, a principle known as "proportionality".

The new papers say that the pollen used in those experiments appeared to be mixed with other parts of the genetically modified plants and that it was those plant parts, not the pollen, that actually killed the caterpillars.

On June 7th the country votes in a referendum on a proposal to ban the production and patenting of genetically modified plants and animals, as well as blocking their release into the environment.In a country with the scientific clout of, say, Andorra, this might raise few hackles.

Many of these ICPs have been used to produce genetically modified plants and biopesticidal formulations.

We possess the technology to modify plants and animals genetically, and will soon be able to clone ourselves.

ZFN-mediated gene targeting provides molecular biologists with the ability to site-specifically manipulate and permanently modify plant and mammalian genomes.

The presumed function of these enzymes is to modify plant and fungal cell wall structures but also to release or create secondary signal molecules that are the bi-products of their activity.

Listen, the best answer I can give you is that when the future of the human race is in jeopardy due to bad decisions -- like the decision to develop genetically modified plants -- and when debate doesn't solve the problem, you're obliged to disobey the law.

But there is greater disagreement on how genetically modified plants affect ecosystems and whether traditional and genetically modified crops can be kept apart to avoid what organic farmers call "contamination" of traditional crops by modified plants or genes.