EU plant breeding success hinges on GMO definition

摘要

The European Union leads research in novel plant breeding techniques, but commercial success hinges on whether the resulting products are classified as genetically modified. If the European Commission decides that these new techniques come within the scope of the EU's biotech legislation, product registration costs would rise from "low" to "very high," concludes a study by the Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC), as reported by our sister publication Agrow.