terminator seed

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terminator seed

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year

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No references found			Terminator seeds are produced by taking native seeds and making them sterile. Organic Foods Vs Hybrids! by Tammy A.James Leo / Food/cooking/nutrition community This loss is irreversible also in natural plants used for human nutrition, since they will be contaminated by transgenic genes from agricultural areas cultivated with GMO Terminator seeds. The threat of genetically modified organisms (Part 2 of 2): ... by Nacci, Giuseppe / Gerson Healing Newsletter Instead of representing the good will of the Canadian people or attending to the best interests of the Biodiversity Treaty,' he has said, 'the Canadian Government is fronting for the multinational gene giants who stand to win enormous profits from the release of terminator seeds around the world. Canada sows sterile seeds by New Internationalist			terminal clearance capacity terminal control terminal control area terminal emulation terminal figure terminal guidance terminal leave terminal market terminal moraine terminal operations terminal phase terminal platform terminal point Terminal statue terminal velocity Terminalia terminally Terminant terminate terminated termination termination codon Terminational terminative terminator terminator seed Terminatory Termine Terminer terminism Terminist terminological terminologist terminology terminus terminus a quo terminus ad quem termitarium termitary termite termitic Termitidae termless Termly Termonology termor terms terms of reference terms of trade termtime tern			Termination signal Termination Status Block termination step Termination Switched Access Arrangement Termination type terminational terminational terminational terminational terminations terminations terminations terminations terminative terminative Terminative case Terminative case terminatively terminatively terminator terminator terminator Terminator (disambiguation) Terminator (disambiguation) Terminator - Resistance Infiltration Prototype Terminator 2 Terminator 3 Terminator 4 terminator codon Terminator Power terminator seed Terminator Technology Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles Terminators Terminators Terminatory Terminatrix Termine Termine Terminer Terminer Terminer TERMINET Terminfo terming terming terming terming terming terming termini termini termini termini termini Terminism Terminist termino-terminal anastomosis Terminologia Anatomica terminological terminological

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