Thanks for the Super Genes - Weeds Receive Transgenic Material From GMOsGMOs and wild weeds become friends with benefits A lot of GMO talk surrounds the rapidly growing appearance of superweeds due to herbicide resistance. Did you too suspect that genetically modified plants were also transferring their genetic material to these weeds? In addition to resistance from repeated use of herbicides, some Hulked out weeds now have an even greater genetic survival advantage by taking on transgenic material from GMOs. Naturereports: That would mean the weed form could potentially take its new-found benefits into the wild and spread them. Of course, this type of glyphosate pesticide (Roundup) resistance spread through cross pollination hasnt been studied much until recently. Thats because biotech giants who own patents on the technology arent willing to let academic researchers poke around. In a study published in New Phytologist, Lu and team replicated the situation by actually genetically modifying the rice to over produce its EPSP synthase and then cross-pollinated it with the weedy rice. Then, the cross-bred offspring bred with each other. This generation would be all the same except some would have more EPSP synthase producing genes. Guess which ones produced more seeds? Like Roundup Ready type crops, much of the newly transgenic weedy rice had greater EPSPS protein levels among other GM traits like glyphosate resistance. More photosynthesis, flowers, surviving shoots and could produce up to 125% more seeds than their non-mutated counterparts. They had genetic advantages even without any use of glyphosate. Weedy rice, or red rice, usually produces very few grains which is why it is considered a weed and an invasive pest. Additionally, UK plant geneticist Brian Ford-Lloyd says: Will the real rice please stand up? And withstand? This rare, breakthrough study is a black eye for the already failing and unwanted GM Golden Rice trials with all their questionable good intentions arguments but globalists are forcing it on people anyway. Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work atNaturalBlaze.com and selfnewsPost.com. Like at Facebook. 