The probability of a horizontal gene transfer from Roundup Ready® soybean to root symbiotic bacteria: A risk assessment study on the GSF lysimeter station

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Wagner, T ^a,b   Arango Isaza, L M ^a   Grundmann, S ^a   Dorfler U ^a   Schroll, R ^a   Schloter, M ^a   Hartmann, A ^a   Sandermann, H ^a,c   Ernst, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^c Ecotoxfreiburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enolpyruvylshikimate 3 phosphate synthase; Free air lysimeter; Glyphosate; Horizontal gene transfer; Roundup Ready soybean; Symbiotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENZYME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GLYPHOSATE; LYSIMETER; NODULATION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN; SYMBIONT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 41549109473     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-007-9168-0     Document Type: Article

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