Status of feral oilseed rape in Europe: Its minor role as a GM impurity and its potential as a reservoir of transgene persistence

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-115

  Squire, Geoffrey R ^a   Breckling, Broder ^b   Pfeilstetter, Antje Dietz ^c   Jorgensen, Rikke B ^d   Lecomte, Jane ^e,f,g   Pivard, Sandrine ^e,f,g   Reuter, Hauke ^b   Young, Mark W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Cross pollination; Feral; Genetically modified; GM coexistence; Oilseed rape; Transgene persistence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CANOLA; CROP YIELD; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; HARVESTING; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; LANDSCAPE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOMBINATION;

EUROPE;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 78650926321     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0376-1     Document Type: Article

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