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Diversified Cropping Systems	Fire and Noxious Weed Spread
Research on the Economics of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation at MSU - Bozeman 2000 Post Farm Rotation Study (Diversified Cropping Systems) Using crop diversity in no-till and organic systems to reduce inputs and increase profits and sustainability in the Northern Great Plains Greenhouse Gases in Intensive Agriculture: Contributions of Individual Gases to the Radiative Forcing of the Atmosphere	Experimental evidence on the importance of disturbance intensity for invasion of Lantana camara L. in dry rainforest-open forest ecotones in north-eastern NSW, Australia
Biodiversity & GMO's	Food Safety, Labeling & GMO's
Predictions of Biodiversity Response to Genetically Modified Herbicide-Tolerant Crops Genetically Modified Crops and Farmland Biodiversity A field study with genetically engineered alfalfa inoculated with recombinant Sinorhizobium meliloti: effects on the soil ecosystem Releasing genetically modified organisms: will any harm outweigh any advantage? Grains of Hope	Are Bioengineered Foods Safe? - FDA  Consumer magazine GMO Labeling: Threat or Opportunity? - University of Saskatchewan, Canada Labeling Policy for GMO's: To Each His Own? - University of Massachusetts at Amherst Canadian Expert Panel Reports on the Future of Food Biotech Clinton Panel Assesses Laws Governing Biotech Foods Report on the Potential Economic Impact of Mandatory Labeling in Canada
More on Biodiversity	Biotechnology
Have Ecologists Oversold Biodiversity? - Some scientists question experiments on how numerous species help ecosystems http://chronicle.com/colloquy - The Chronicle of Higher Education; "an opportunity to comment on vital issues affecting higher education"	New Study Provides Further Evidence of Environmental Safety of Biotech Plants Editorial on Biotechnology in Iowa EU Issues New Rules on Transgenic Crops Rice Genome Sequence Update
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