Experimental GMO wheat crop devoured by aphids; written off as yet another total biotech failure

Friday, July 17, 2015
By Paul Martin

by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews.com
Friday, July 17, 2015

A U.K.-based agricultural research organization recently threw away nearly $5 million on a failed field trial of experimental, genetically-modified (GM) wheat. Rothamsted Research says it is “disappointed” that the transgenic crop, known as “whiffy wheat,” utterly failed to deter aphids, succumbing to the same amount of insect damage as real wheat.

The company is blaming the controversial nature of the field trial for its high costs; most of the money was spent building elaborate fencing and installing high-tech security systems to keep people from destroying the “Frankencrops.” Most Brits, it turns out, not to mention Europeans and Americans, are vehemently opposed to GMOs, especially when they aren’t properly labeled.

Now that a major research group has flushed away such a large sum of money on an imitation crop that simply doesn’t work, some groups are calling for an end to GMO research altogether. The advocacy group GM Freeze, for example, referred to the experiment as “folly,” noting that it was a complete waste of money that could have been put towards something actually useful rather than just another corrupt attempt at bio-piracy.

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