British battle over GM crops

An anti-GM campaign group, Take the Flour Back, are planning a mass action集體行動 to wreck破壞 experimental實驗的 plots of a new variety多樣性 of genetically基因-modified wheat later this month. But in a novel tactic新的戰術, scientists at Rothamstead Research are asking campaigners to talk to them, rather than attack the plantation森林,農園,運用.

Professor John Pickett is the lead researcher: "Please don't destroy our crop作物. We'd love to continue this dialogue. We would really hope to deal with your concerns and I think we ought to應該 move together on this. But if you destroy the crop, we will not learn anything from the very hard work that we've been putting into this project over the last thirty years."

Professor Pickett says the GM wheat will repel擊退 small insects昆蟲 by attracting吸引 parasitic寄生 wasps蜂 to attack the pests害蟲. He believes it is environmentally friendly as it'll result in less pesticide農藥 being used.

Since the method of changing the DNA of organisms生物體 was developed, it has split分裂 opinion into those that believe it could feed the world and those who think that fiddling with擺弄 the building blocks of life could produce unintended and possibly harmful有害的 consequences後果. At the moment it seems that the battle戰鬥 will continue to be fought in the fields of Britain.

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