Genetically Modified Plants Escape

It always starts so innocently. Then the real problems begin. Pandora's Box has left the building - so what's next? OOOH, I know, a big island full of dinosaurs off the coast of Costa Rica.... The point is - folks - you CANNOT maintain control - it is just not possible in a complex system.

It is the first time a GM plant has escaped into the wild in the US, and it has managed it before securing USDA approval. The plant, creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera, carries a bacterial gene that makes it immune to the potent herbicide glyphosate, better known as Roundup.