Hazard mitigation or mitigation hazard? WWould genetically modified dwarfed oilseed rape (Brassica napus) increase feral survival?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 529-535

  Reuter, Hauke ^a,b   Menzel, Gertrud ^a   Pehlke, Hendrik ^a   Breckling, Broder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Dwarfing gene; Feral OSR; Genetically modified organisms (GMO); Hazard mitigation; Oilseed rape (OSR); Transgenes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERAL ORGANISM; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HERB; HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CATERING SERVICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; RAPESEED; RURAL POPULATION; SEEDLING; STATISTICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; URBAN POPULATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRASSICA NAPUS; FLOWERS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; URBAN POPULATION;

BREMEN [GERMANY]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 55149101548     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-008-0049-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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