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In December 2009 the German Research Foundation published the booklet "Grüne Gentechnik" (Genetically modified crops) claiming to give a scientifically well balanced information about GMO's in agriculture. In this paper we analyse this approach resulting in a critical review regarding the intention of the booklet. We conclude that the evaluation of GMO's in agriculture primarily from a crop breeding perspective is lacking crucial positions in terms of ecology, socio-economy, agronomy, nutritional sciences and finally ethics in life science.
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Taube, F., Krawinkel, M., Susenbeth, A. et al. The booklet "Genetically modified crops" published from the German Research Foundation, does not meet the given claim. Environ Sci Eur 23, 1 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-23-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-23-1