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- initialism Genetic use restriction technology; a generic term for proposed or implemented methods to restrict use of
genetically modified plants, by ensuring thesterility of anyseeds .
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Examples
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Monsanto and its cohorts in crime promised us that they would not be using Terminator technology called GURT, or genetic use restricted technology.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Monsanto's Terminator Making a Comeback? Enter the Zombie! 2009
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In order to protect the biological intellectual property of it's own nation, the US Department of Agriculture developed a genetic method to turn second generation seeds sterile – a so called GURT or Genetic Use Restriction Technology.
Pavig Lok's "Intellectual Property Garden" Bettina Tizzy 2008
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Monsanto's Terminator Making a Comeback? Enter the Zombie! 2009
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A closely related technology is called T-GURT seeds, or second generation Terminators, nicknamed "Traitor."
Reviewing F. William Engdahl's Seeds of Destruction (Part III) 2008
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A closely related technology is called T-GURT seeds, or second generation Terminators, nicknamed "Traitor."
Reviewing F. William Engdahl's Seeds of Destruction (Part III) 2008
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GO-GURT: How much does one have to pay you to make a commercial about needing yogurt to help you drop a deuce, Jamie Lee-Curtis?
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Sixth, ecological and health hazards are also posed by genetic use restriction technologies (GURT) which are commonly known as terminator technology.
Opportunities and risks of genetically modified crops in Africa 2007
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Some companies have developed GM crop seeds that use GURT.
Opportunities and risks of genetically modified crops in Africa 2007
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In addition to social equity issues associated with these monopolistic tendencies, GURT may have environmental risks and thus the technologies require further evaluation.
Opportunities and risks of genetically modified crops in Africa 2007
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A second type of GURT modifies a crop in such a way that the genetic enhancement engineered into the crop does not function until the crop plant is treated with a chemical that is sold by the biotechnology company.
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