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Escaped Golf-course Grass Frees Gene Genie In The US
New Scientist ^
| 8-9-2006
| Andy Coghlan
Posted on 08/09/2006 3:42:28 PM PDT by blam
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To: taxcontrol
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:03:10 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Hardastarboard
What's wrong with grass made assault weapons? I WANT ONE!!!! ;-)
To: MonroeDNA
Oh no! Superior grass escapes! The Law of Unintended Consequences isn't really something to laugh at, though ... and that's the real danger posed by GM "escapes."
Perhaps this one won't matter much ... though of course even this grass could cause problems down the road. But if nothing else, it shows how easy it would be for things actually to get out in the wild.
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:07:03 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: blam
24
posted on
08/09/2006 4:08:53 PM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
(http://www.wingercomics.com/d/20051205.html)
To: taxcontrol
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:15:03 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: blam
Perhaps we should have creeping bentgrass face off against kudzu on the battlefield....
To: taxcontrol
27
posted on
08/09/2006 4:24:46 PM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: blam
In Canada a few years ago a patented GM plant spread into a farmer's field and he had to pay the manufacturer for it.
What a product! It literally sells itself.
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:27:52 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: blam
That's a heck of a headline
29
posted on
08/09/2006 4:28:39 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Creation "science" has a final answer--adherence to the scriptures. All other data are discarded.)
To: blam
Is it just me that sees this as a REALLY BIG DEAL!?!?!?
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:30:11 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: prairie dog
"Perhaps we should have creeping bentgrass face off against kudzu on the battlefield...."
No contest. One nice summer and the bentgrass is history.
To: blam
It was a hybrid. A cross of Bluegrass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Featherbed Bent, and Northern California Sensemilia. The amazing stuff about it is, that you can play 36 holes on it in the afternoon, take it home and just get stoned to the bejeezus.
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:32:26 PM PDT
by
Feiny
(drunk, crazy and naked streaking isn't something that can be considered a normal, fun thing)
To: Hardastarboard
>>>>"A lawn that won't die?"<<<<
I call BS, I can kill any lawn! (even when I'm not even at home)
TT
To: pageonetoo
That is my kinda lawn!
TT
To: r9etb
Perhaps this one won't matter much ... though of course even this grass could cause problems down the road.I wouldn't want to see it invade farmland.
There are other herbicides which would probably control it (IIRC Atrazine, Princep). It could still be a pain.
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:37:47 PM PDT
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: r9etb
>>>>"The Law of Unintended Consequences isn't really something to laugh at"<<<<
I do believe that is what may have killed Mastodons, Giant Sloths and Elephants in North America and created the Great Plains... ahhh the good old days before global warming
TT
To: TexasTransplant
I live near harpers Ferry, and was gong to a garage sale one day, nearby. As I drove past, I noticed one fine looking yard, with nary a blade of grass or a leaf. There was an old woman raking the rocks back into place. I stopped to talk.
She said she did it after her husband died. She can blow away the leaves, and play with the rocks at her leisure!
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:42:33 PM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: TexasTransplant
As an ardent fan of golf who abuses his share of the turf this sounds great!
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:46:43 PM PDT
by
ChiMark
To: quark
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:46:53 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Moderate Bumper Sticker: Bush Lied, Terrorists Died!)
To: blam
Last week this was a wilderness area.
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posted on
08/09/2006 4:51:18 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Moderate Bumper Sticker: Bush Lied, Terrorists Died!)
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