U.K. researchers seeking permission to field test genetically modified wheat

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the of Universities of Lancaster, Rothmamsted and Essex has submitted a request to Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs asking for permission to grow genetically modified (GM) wheat in an outdoor research effort—consultation by the department is expected to take approximately six weeks. If permission is granted, the team plans to plant the GM wheat this April at a site near Rothmamsted, leading to a harvest and a second pl