They will focus on largely inedible wild bananas, which are full of hard seeds, since many of these are resistant to black sigatoka.

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Some of the fringe activist groups opposed to genetic engineering have an anti-science, anti-technology, anti-business agenda, but given the environmental advantages of Roundup-ready seeds it's puzzling that a group like the Sierra Club, one of the co-plaintiffs in the alfalfa and sugar beet litigation, is working so hard to keep the seeds off the market.

FORBES: Commentary

Four of the top five seeds fell fast and hard in the first weekend.

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By working so hard to promote its brand while educating consumers about what it does, it has sown the seeds of its own destruction.

FORBES: Delayed payback

The top seven seeds receive a bye into the second round and the world No. 5 Juan Martin Del Potro made hard work of his place in the third round after a battle with Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov.

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