A genetically-modified cereal crop that produces fish oil in its seeds has been grown successfully for the first time in Britain, scientists have announced.
Up to 15 per cent of the oil in the seeds of the GM crop following the first year’s harvest turned out to be the omega-3 fish oil associated with a healthy diet to protect against heart disease, the researchers said.
The government-funded field trial took place at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire where a similar GM field trial on aphid-repellent wheat last month failed to live up to expectations.
The fish-oil crop had been genetically engineered with up to seven additional genes involved in manufacturing the omega-3 oils in marine algae, which are then eaten and accumulated in wild fish. “Fish oil” is actually a misnomer as fish cannot make omega-3 oils and farmed fish have to eat smaller, wild-caught fish to satisfy their dietary requirements.
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