Super trees.

As legislators in Brazil engage in screaming matches over the steady march of genetically modified corn into their fields from nearby Argentina, a Chilean joint venture is fast on its way to producing--and exporting--the world's first genetically modified tree. The idea follows what biotech firms already have done around the world with corn, potatoes and soybeans. Using Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, a naturally occurring soil bacterium that kills pests if inserted into growing plants, researchers at Genfor in Chile's rainy southern forests say they are near to producing a commercial viable Bt tree. Genfor believes the tree will withstand the European shoot-tip moth, a pest endemic to Chilean forests.