1.   This could happen should genetically altered plants become weeds, or should insects designed to eat certain pests develop a taste for others.

2.   But in places like Sierra Leone and India, the hope of more productive crops from genetically altered plants could spell the difference between hunger and famine.

3.   Davis, California-based Calgene develops genetically altered plants.

4.   In addition, experiments have shown that genetically altered plants can also produce therapeutic proteins, and plants are far less costly to produce than sheep or goats.

5.   Polls show that few Americans realize that nearly two-thirds of the products on supermarket shelves contain ingredients from genetically altered plants.

6.   Such regulations are intended to allow countries to reduce the ecological risks from introducing genetically altered plants, animals and microorganisms into the environment.

7.   The altered plant is resistant to the disease, at least for now.

8.   The farmer, Percy Schmeiser, acknowledged that Monsanto investigators found altered plants on his land, but he insisted that he did not plant them.

9.   The majority of genetically altered plants approved for food use are soybeans.

10.   The treaty would have required that exporters of genetically altered plants, seeds or other organisms obtain approval in advance from the importing nation.