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How green biotech turned white and blue

Argentina has blazed a trail as one of the leading genetically modified (GM) crop producers. Can other developing countries import the seeds of its success? Lucas Laursen investigates.

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Figure 1: GM plant field trial approvals in Argentina.

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Laursen, L. How green biotech turned white and blue. Nat Biotechnol 28, 393–395 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0510-393

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