Grains in particular have been intensively engineered over millennia for higher yields, pest- and disease-resistance and various desirable characteristics.
Aside from new varieties that have lower water requirements, pest- and disease-resistant gene-spliced crop varieties also make water use more efficient indirectly.
Wonders such as mass-produced insulin, cancer-fighting drugs, pest-killing crops and glowing fish--they're simply the result of moving a single gene from one organism to another.
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Mr Ban has also used paper-tube technology to create low-cost, recyclable, pest-resistant temporary dwellings for victims of earthquakes in Japan and Turkey and for Rwandan refugees.
For example, in every state, you need a license to be a barber, a hearing-aid fitter or a pest-control worker.
This is the kind of absurd, sophistic reasoning that could lead the EPA to regulate outdoor trash can lids as a pesticide because they deter or mitigate a "pest"--namely, raccoons.
Scotts Miracle-Gro, an American lawn-care firm, recently announced that it is developing genetically engineered strains of grass that are pest-proof and that grow so slowly that they may require no mowing.
According to Joan Clayburgh of Californians for Pesticide Reform, nontoxic pest-control options are often overlooked.
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The genetic engineering of plants to enhance their pest-resistance offers a way to prevent the problem.
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Kemery recommended that parents try other pest-control tactics before resorting to pesticide use in the home or garden.
Furthermore, lower levels of mycotoxins in pest-resistant GE corn mean fewer birth defects, such as spina bifida, and less toxicity to livestock.
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Pest-resistance and other traits related to yield or other desired qualities have thus been introduced and enhanced for centuries by a variety of genetic modification techniques.
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It was only this month that France approved commercial production of its first genetically modified crop: a pest-resistant maize from Novartis, a Swiss drug and agricultural company.
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That bill would create national guidelines for school pest-management programs.
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Researchers in New Zealand and Chile have produced pest-resisting pines.
Not only are edible and nonedible combinations visually appealing, but Ms. Dunn believes fruits and veggies are less pest-prone than they would be if they were planted on their own.
Even many pest-control experts haven't seen live rats.
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If they opt for science, they may discover, or at least need to consider, what Lynas came to believe: that, for example, GM does not increase the use of chemicals as pest-resistant cotton and maize require less insecticide.
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This approach, which has been repeatedly condemned by the scientific community, has discouraged the development of new pest-resistant crops, encouraged greater use of synthetic chemical pesticides, and limited the use of the newest genetic engineering technology mainly to larger developers who can pay the inflated regulatory costs.
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As that report predicted when the regulation was proposed more than a decade ago, it discourages the development of new pest-resistant crops and prolongs and increases the use of synthetic chemical pesticides, limits the use of the technology mainly to larger developers who can pay the inflated regulatory costs, and handicaps the U.S. in competition for international markets.
Then there is The Pest: The lightly-recruited Russell Smith, a steals artist and 36% shot-chucker who has proved the team's go-to scorer.
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The pine beetle is a well-known pest, not an exotic import, but no effective means has been found to stop it.
In Singapore, the virus is transmitted to humans mainly by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, an urban-dwelling pest that lays its eggs in stagnant water.
Private companies are often the choice for domestic pest problems, but Simon Forrester of the British Pest Control Association said even competitively-priced private firms are sometimes beyond the reach of the most vulnerable.
There have been hundreds of call-outs for pest controllers in the area stretching from Dungannon in County Tyrone to Newry in County Down.
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Pest managers could therefore encourage people to launch pre-emptive strikes against them by organising intensive trapping campaigns at the right moment.
On yields pest resistant corn showed big differences in yield advantage - five times higher in the Prairie states than in the main crop-growing states.
The firm, known for its pest control business, has suffered in recent years - losing both its chairman and chief executive in 2004 following poor results and a profit warning.
Pest control officers say they are being rushed off their feet - wiping them out.
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