HAMBURG, April 9 (Reuters) - German authorities said on Wednesday they have approved an application from Swiss agribusiness group Syngenta AG to start Germany's first trials of genetically-modified (GM ) wheat.
But on Tuesday some 25 Greenpeace activists sowed organic wheat seed on the test site, aimed at ruining trials as it will be impossible to tell the difference between GMO and conventional wheat, said Greenpeace spokesman Henning Strodthoff.
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