Re: Re: Holy Crap - Monsanto really wants its all!

Posted by ShepFL on June 23, 2003 at 07:30:44 from (155.14.78.80):

In Reply to: Re: Holy Crap - Monsanto really wants its all!!! posted by what does RR mean on June 22, 2003 at 10:27:25:

Snagged from a google.com search -

The Monsanto product, Roundup is a pesticide, manufactured by Monsanto. Roundup Ready soybeans, also known as glyphosate-tolerant soybean line 40-3-2, is safe for human and animal consumption. The methods critiqued are those that appear in the 'Full Assessment Report and Regulatory Impact Assessment'(by Monsanto) to ANZFA (The Australian and New Zealand Food Authority).

The pesticide 'Roundup' works by inhibiting an enzyme that is necessary for the plant to synthesise certain aromatic amino acids, killing the plant. The targeted enzyme is called 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthetase, or EPSPS. The genetic modification in Roundup Ready soybeans involves incorporating a bacterial version of this enzyme, (from Agrobacterium species, strain CP4) into the soybean plant, giving the soybean protection from Roundup. In this way, the soybeans and any weeds can be sprayed with Roundup, killing the weeds and leaving the soybeans.

The same is basically true for other Roundup Ready seeds or so I understand.

HTH

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