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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 322467" data-attributes="member: 12578">This seems to be fairly recent info on gm wheat in the UK (from campaigners against)<a href="http://www.gmfreeze.org/gmwheatnothanks/gm-wheat-whats-happening/" target="_blank">http://www.gmfreeze.org/gmwheatnothanks ... happening/</a>Wheat  and all other crops   have  been developed by selection and hybridisation.  This has been going on for a very long time . From the early days of farming, natural hybrids  were selected and grown on (I do that with hellebores  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />  )Spelt is a hybrid .<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelt</a>The wiki article on Norman Borlaug describes the hybridisation that led to modern dwarf wheat species.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug</a></blockquote>

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