Feral genetically modified herbicide tolerant oilseed rape from seed import spills: Are concerns scientifically justified?

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Devos, Yann ^a   Hails, Rosemary S ^b   Messéan, Antoine ^c   Perry, Joe N ^d   Squire, Geoffrey R ^e  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INRA   (France)

^d Oaklands Barn   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Ferality; Genetically modified oilseed rape; Herbicide tolerance; Introgression; Invasiveness; Persistence; Seed spillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RAPESEED; REVIEW; SEED DORMANCY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BRASSICA NAPUS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE FLOW; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84856221743     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9515-9     Document Type: Review

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