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2002 in context

Nature 420, 730-731 (19 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/420730a

Agribiotech: More heat than light

Peter Aldhous

Another year, another controversy: that was the story in the perennially contentious area of genetically modified (GM) crops.In 2002, arguments centred on David Quist and Ignacio Chapela's study of Mexican maize.