Journal article
Status of feral oilseed rape in Europe: its minor role as a GM impurity and its potential as a reservoir of transgene persistence
Ecosystems, Biosystems Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Biosystems Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark2
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Feral oilseed rape has become widespread in Europe on waysides and waste ground. Its potential as a source of GM impurity in oilseed rape harvests is quantified, for the first time, by a consistent analysis applied over a wide range of study areas in Europe. The maximum contribution of feral oilseed rape to impurities in harvested crops was estimated by combining data on feral abundance and crop yield from five established, demographic studies in agricultural habitats in Denmark, Germany (2), France and the UK, constituting over 1,500 ha of land and 16 site-years of observations.
Persistence of feral populations over time was compared by visual and molecular methods. Ferals had become established in all regions, forming populations 0.2 to 15 km−2. The seed they produced was always
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 111-115 |
| ISSN: | 16147499 and 09441344 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-010-0376-1 |
| ORCIDs: | Bagger Jørgensen, Rikke |
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Brassica napus Cross pollination Environment Environment, general Environmental Monitoring Europe Feral GM coexistence Genetically modified Industrial Pollution Prevention Oilseed rape Plants, Genetically Modified Pollination Population Density Population Dynamics Transgene persistence Transgenes Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
