11.   Plant breeders have unknowingly become adept at fiddling with these very same genes.

12.   Plant breeders are turning out some cultivars that deserve star billing.

13.   Qualset said genetic engineering allows plant breeders to splice a specific gene into the target plant with greater precision than hit-or-miss pollen transfer.

14.   Solving the mysteries of wine-grape parentage also has some practical value, providing some important clues for modern plant breeders trying to create the perfect wine grape.

15.   There is little dispute among plant breeders, entomologists and other agricultural scientists over whether the genetically engineered defenses work.

16.   They also highlighted the high value to Monsanto and its rivals of access to the top-performing seed lines developed by traditional plant breeders.

17.   Without using controversial genetic modifications, government plant breeders in Georgia have developed a strain of corn that stops hungry caterpillars in their tracks.

18.   The yellow kiwifruit is the outcome of years of work by plant breeders and researchers.

19.   Plant breeders at the Institute have now transferred the trait to other grasses, including some that are being developed commercially.