date:Dec 24, 2012
Professor John Pickett, head of pest control at the centre, said the top priority was crop protection and sustainable production. But, if the public wished, GM science could be used to produce a flatulence-free Brussel sprout, he told BBC Radio 4s Today programme.
We could divert that [GM] science into a smell-free Brussel sprout, said Pickett. This could be achieved by engineering brassicas to enable them to be broken down more easily in the gut reducing the production of methane by anaerobic