I knew there would be something to worry about, but reading the linked article, I think it's more likely they want to be assured that they can maintain a viable

I knew there would be something to worry about, but reading the linked article, I think it's more likely they want to be assured that they can maintain a viable food supply. For example, once they have good wheat genomes, they may be able to engineer varieties of wheat that will be resistant to new strains of rust. Also, they will be in a great position to reverse engineer everything coming out of Monsanto and other big-time GM food producers. Don't underestimate the benefits of being able to stick closely on the coat-tails of some of the World's smartest genetic engineers. Do you have a source at all for the intelligence vs genetics study?