Civilization Depends On Our Expanding Ability To

Weeds Do Become Resistant To Herbicides, And It Needs To Be Managed With Multiple Herbicides.

One Of The Really Remarkably Beneficial Aspects Of Genetic Engineering Is That Much Of The Previous Methodology For Controlling Pests And So Forth Is Through Chemicals That Affect A Very Broad Spectrum Of Insects, For Example, Or Fungicides That Control Fungi.

Jumping Genes Are Fundamental Because They're Agents Of Change. Everybody Knows That Organisms Evolve. What Makes Them Evolve Is That Their Genes Are Dynamic And In Motion. A Familiar Example Is The Stripe-y Corn - Called Indian Corn - That You Buy In The Fall.

In Agriculture, People Have Taken Wild Plants That Can't Be Eaten By People - And Turned Them Into Wonderful Food Sources. And That's Because Genomes Can Change, And People Working With Plants Have Picked Mutations. Mutations Are Nothing More Than Genetic Changes.

We've Gotten So Good At Growing Food That We've Gone, In A Few Generations, From Nearly Half Of Americans Living On Farms To 2 Percent. We No Longer Think About How The Wonderful Things In The Grocery Store Got There, And We'd Like To Go Back To What We Think Is A More Natural Way.