USA - Voice of America: Gene-Modified Corn Designed to Resist Drought

USA - Voice of America usa

Gene-Modified Corn Designed to Resist Drought Aug 17th 2012, 16:33 SUTTON, Nebraska — Walking through Bruce Trautman's cornfields near drought-hit Sutton, Nebraska, you could walk right by Monsanto's genetically-modified, drought-tolerant varieties and not notice a difference.  With about a third less rainfall this season, the leaves are turning brown just like their conventional neighbors.  But Trautman peels back the husks to show ears of modified corn that look bigger, with more kernels than the others.  With a month or so to go ... Media files: A8167634-3E00-45F3-A610-1D1BFEEEB12E_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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