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		vonmoltke on Oct 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and l... Plants have been patentable in the US since 1930: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Patent_Act_of_1930 I strongly suspect, but have no verified numbers to prove, that the majority of currently-patented plants are not GMO cultivars.

rapnie on Oct 28, 2019 [–]

Even with GM crops there are still ongoing legal battles on their patentability, e.g. on cotton seeds between Monsanto and Indian farmers:

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