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An unapproved type of genetically engineered grass has been found growing in the wild in what scientists say could be the first instance in the United States in which a biotechnology plant has established itself outside a farm...

"It is a cautionary tale that you have to think about the possibility of plants escaping into populations where there are wild relatives present," said Jay Reichman, an agency ecologist who is the lead author of a study to be published in the journal Molecular Ecology.

The genetically engineered grass, called creeping bentgrass, is being developed by the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and Monsanto for use on golf courses. It contains a bacterial gene that makes the grass resistant to the herbicide Roundup, known generically as glyphosate...

The scientists said some of the plants had been created by seeds that had blown off the test plot and others by hybridization of wild grass with pollen from the genetically engineered grass...

The full article is available on the New York Times website.

See also:

• Escaped golf-course grass frees gene genie in the US
  
• Fact Sheet On Monsanto and Scott's Roundup Ready™ Creeping Bentgrass
• Environmental Commons' comment letter to the USDA.