ARE genetically modified crops a danger to the environment? Perhaps not, if the results of a little-heralded crop trial in Jutland, Denmark, are anything to go by. The trial may provide a sneak preview of the world’s largest experiment on GM plants, due to finish this summer.
Engineered sugar beet is more friendly to wildlife than its conventional counterpart, the Danish trial suggests. Britain is running a similarly designed, farm-scale evaluation of GM sugar beet, and if this comes up with the same result this summer, one of the key arguments against the technology will disappear. Whether GM oilseed rape…
