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Article: GM papaya trees fallen down in Thailand
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- September 16, 2004
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GM papaya trees fallen down in Thailand
BANGKOK, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Some 1,000 papaya trees suspected of
being genetically modified (GM) were fallen down and buried in
northeastern Thailand, local press reported on Thursday.
The papaya trees belonged to a research program carried on in the
province of Khon Kaen, some 449 kilometers northeastern of Bangkok.
"The ten-year research aimed at improving disease resistance in
papayas was destroyed, along with the experimental crops," Wilai
Prasartsri, a research station director, was quoted by Bangkok Post
as saying.
The papaya trees were buried in two meter-deep holes in the ground
after they were fallen down, said Wilai, guaranteeing that ...