date:May 17, 2017
With little fanfare, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control unanimously approved on Friday morning the registration of three new types of genetically engineered potatoes that have been developed by a major Idaho agribusiness company.
The move means that the J.R. Simplot Co.s Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet and Atlantic potatoes could be planted in Maine fields at any time.
These potatoes were created by adding genes from a wild potato plant and are designed to be resistant to late blight, the dis