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Pollen- and Seed-Mediated Transgene Flow in Commercial Cotton Seed Production Fields
Originalmeldung von Shannon Heuberger, Christa Ellers-Kirk, Bruce E. Tabashnik, Yves Carrière, PLoS Public Library of Science
Original-URL: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0014128
Original-URL: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0014128
Abstract
Background: Characterizing the spatial patterns of gene flow from transgenic crops is challenging, making it difficult to design containment strategies for markets that regulate the adventitious presence of transgenes. Insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton is planted on millions of hectares annually and is a potential source of transgene flow…