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Published online 10 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030707-7

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Pest resistance feared as farmers flout rules

Small refuge areas found in midwest transgenic maize crops.

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Nearly one-fifth of farmers in the US midwest are ignoring federal rules about how much transgenic maize (corn) they can plant, according to government figures.

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