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Published online 11 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050207-17
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Transgenic mustard sucks up selenium
First field results prove plant can remove soil contaminants.
Genetically modified Indian mustard plants have successfully cleaned up excessive selenium in a California field.
This is the first field trial for a pollution-busting transgenic plant, and it proves that the technology can work outside the laboratory, say the researchers who carried out the test.
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