GM crops: timeline
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Key events in the development of GM crops in the USA and attempts to introduce them to Britain and Europe.
1976
US company Monsanto launches its herbicide Roundup.
1980
US Supreme Court rules that genetically engineered micro-organisms are patentable. Spinks report recommends UK Government investment in biotechnology research.
1981
US Office of Technology Assessment recommends investment in developing GM crops, and predicts that salt-tolerant and nitrogen-fixing crops will be developed....
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