Sentence examples similar to modifying to resist from inspiring English sources

But in the case of those modified to resist herbicides the argument is less clear-cut.

Although India bans genetically modified food crops, Bt cotton, modified to resist the bollworm, is planted widely.

This spring, Dale expects to plant on Borsato's land four acres of banana plants that have been genetically modified to resist the blight.

The article says that GM potatoes are modified to resist blight: "the fungus that devastated Ireland's potato crop and caused famine back in the 1840s".

In a variation that Paula Cannon is testing in mice, T cells are modified to resist HIV, denying the virus new targets if resting infected cells become active.

RXi's version of siRNAs are also shorter than conventional siRNAs and have been chemically modified to resist the enzymatic wear and tear inside cells.

Rather than inserting a gene directly, they removed the immune cells from people and replaced them with versions that had been modified to resist the virus.

A 2008 trial by Leeds University, in which potatoes were genetically modified to resist a parasitic worm, provoked anger from local residents and was destroyed by environmentalists.

In contrast, about 70 percent of all soybeans now on the market have been genetically modified to resist the herbicide Roundup, the Dutch Soy Coalition's report said.

A small group of beekeepers in Mexico has inflicted a blow on biotech giant Monsanto, which has halted the company's ambitions to plant thousands of hectares of soybeans genetically modified to resist the company's pesticide Roundup.

Although the patent has now expired, Roundup was developed in 1974 by Monsanto and is often used in conjunction with crops like corn and soybeans that the company genetically modified to resist it.