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Nature Biotechnology 26, 482 (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0508-482b

GM grass trials blocked

Jeffrey L Fox

A US court has blocked the resumption of open-air field trials involving genetically modified (GM) versions of creeping bentgrass and Kentucky Bluegrass. On March 17 the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed an appeal from Scotts Grass, of Marysville, Ohio, over testing the Roundup Ready grasses.