Monsanto, the world’s leading agricultural biotechnology company, has begun field trials of a genetically modified breed of wheat, which it hopes to start marketing – initially in America – in by 2003.
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Field trials of genetically engineered spring wheat have begun on experimental farms in the American prairies, where the crop is being tested for yield, herbicide resistance and other important characteristics that could affect its mass production.
Initially, the wheat is being modified to include the herbicide-resistance gene for glyphosate, the active ingredient of Monsanto’s all-purpose weedkiller Roundup. Like other herbicide-resistant crops, the wheat is being sprayed with glyphosate, which destroys all weeds in a field.
Despite concerns over the use of genetically modified ingredients, the likelihood of a GM bread may soon loom.
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