Genetically modified crop plantings fell in industrialized nations for the first time since the technology was commercialized in 1996, an industry report said.
Plantings in those countries fell about 2 percent to 81 million hectares (200 million acres) last year as Canada sowed less modified canola and Australia cut back on cotton, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications said in a report today.
