The insecticide is the product of a bacterial gene inserted into GM maize and other cereal crops to protect them against insects such as the European corn borer beetle.

这种杀虫剂是细菌基因植入到转基因玉米和其它谷类作物的产物，以防治欧洲玉米螟甲虫之类的昆虫。

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There are five main GM crops: GM Soy, GM Cotton, GM Corn, GM Canola and GM Maize. There are also relatively small patches of genetically modified papaya and squash.

五种主要的转基因作物为：转基因大豆，转基因棉花，转基因稻谷，转基因油菜籽和转基因玉米。也有相对较少量的转基因木瓜、南瓜。

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Meanwhile, European agriculture ministers failed to agree on whether to allow imports of GM maize and potatoes; the decision will now be made by the European Commission, which is likely to say yes.

与此同时，欧洲各国的农业大臣们也没有就是否引进基因改良的玉米和西红柿达成一致，而不得不交由欧洲委员会决定，后者更倾向于批准。

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Would you believe that this knuckle rapping was over a paper which looked at the effects of GM maize being fed to rats?

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The ingredients it will search back for are foods containing GM maize and soya, and chymosin, an ingredient of some vegetarian cheeses and pizzas.

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The recent hullabaloo over the controversial Seralini GM maize study and questions about the safety of foods made from genetically modified crops has obscured another line of attack on biotechnology: claims that GM crops are environmentally unfriendly.

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