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Published online 21 March 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050321-2

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Transgenic crops take another knock

Shift in weed species hits bees and butterflies.

Commercial use of some genetically modified crops could alter the balance of weed species that thrive on British farmland. Such a shift could harm bees and butterflies, warn researchers.

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