GENETICALLY modified crops will play a critical role in alleviating malnutrition, combating climate change and removing allergens from food — and the technology must be embraced in Australia, according to Australia’s top scientists. [...] But Bob Phelps, of Gene Ethics, said the report was biased and a ”bunch of lies”. He said there were no drought-tolerant GM crops, so the technology could not combat climate change, and herbicide-resistant species meant crops were sprayed with more chemicals.