Introgression from genetically modified plants into wild relatives [[electronic resource] /] / edited by H.C.M. den Nijs, D. Bartsch, and J. Sweet

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784626803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambrdige, MA, USA, : CABI Pub., c2004
• ISBN: 1-282-26148-7; 9786612261480; 1-84593-342-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NijsHans C. M. den; BartschD (Detlef); SweetJeremy
• Disciplina: 631.5/23
• Soggetti: Transgenic plants; Transgenic plants - Risk assessment; Plant hybridization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Proceedings of a conference held in Amsterdam, January 2003.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; First-named Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and the AIGM Research Project; 2 Hybridization in Nature: Lessons for the Introgression of Transgenes into Wild Relatives; 3 Introgressive Hybridization Between Invasive and Native Plant Species - a Case Study in the Genus Rorippa (Brassicaceae); 4 Hybrids Between Cultivated and Wild Carrots: a Life History; 5 Gene Exchange Between Wild and Crop in Beta vulgaris: How Easy is Hybridization and What Will Happen in Later Generations?; 6 Hybridization Between Wheat and Wild Relatives, a European Union Research Programme; 7 Molecular Genetic Assessment of the Potential for Gene Escape in Strawberry, a Model Perennial Study Crop8 Gene Flow in Forest Trees: Gene Migration Patterns and Landscape Modelling of Transgene Dispersal in Hybrid Poplar; 9 Implications for Hybridization and Introgression Between Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) and Wild Turnip (B. rapa) from an Agricultural Perspective; 10 Asymmetric Gene Flow and Introgression Between Domesticated and Wild Populations; 11 Crop ; to Wild Gene Flow in Rice and its Ecological Consequences; 12 Potential for Gene Flow from Herbicide-resistant GM Soybeans to Wild Soya in the Russian Far East13 Analysis of Gene Flow in the Lettuce Crop-Weed Complex; 14 lntrogression of Cultivar Beet Genes to Wild Beet in the Ukraine; 15 Crop-Wild Interaction Within the Beta vulgaris Complex: a Comparative Analysis of Genetic Diversity Between Seabeet and Weed Beet Populations Within the French Sugarbeet Production Area; 16 Crop-Wild Interaction Within the Beta vulgaris Complex: Agronomic Aspects of Weed Beet in the Czech Republic; 17 A Protocol for Evaluating the Ecological Risks Associated with Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops into Their Wild Relatives: the Case of Cultivated Sunflower and Wild Helianthus annuus18 A Review on Interspecific Gene Flow from Oilseed Rape to Wild Relatives; 19 Gene introgression and Consequences in Brassica; 20 Transgene Expression and Genetic Introgression Associated with the Hybridization of GFP Transgenic Canola (Brassica napus L.) and Wild Accessions of Bird Rape (Brassica rapa L.); 21 Insect-resistant Transgenic Plants and Their Environmental Impact; 22 Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Undomesticated Plants23 A Tiered Approach to Risk Assessment of Virus Resistance Traits Based on Studies with Wild Brassicas in England; 24 Environmental and Agronomic Consequences of Herbicide-resistant (HR) Canola in Canada; 25 Prospects of a Hybrid Distribution Map Between GM Brassica napus and Wild B. rapa Across the UK; 26 Potential and Limits of Modelling to Predict the Impact of Transgenic Crops in Wild Species; 27 lntrogression of GM Plants and the EU Guidance Note for Monitoring; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contributes to the GM debate by examining the unintentional spread of new genes from cultivated plants to their wild relatives, and the subsequent impacts on the ecology of wild plants and their associated flora and fauna.