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Some are, some aren't. The word "hybrid" simply means that the pollen from one plant variety was used to fertilize the ovary of a different one. "Genetic modification" generally refers to a process by which genes are mechanically or chemically introduced into the DNA of a plant; quite a different process. Corn in particular is a crop which is nearly all hybrid anymore, and some of them are genetically modified for things like disease or herbicide resistance.

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