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Assessing the ecological risks from the persistence and spread of feral populations of insect-resistant transgenic maize.
Transgenic research - 1 Jun 2012
Raybould Alan, Higgins Laura S, Horak Michael J, Layton Raymond J, Storer Nicholas P, De La Fuente Juan Manuel, Herman Rod A
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One source of potential harm from the cultivation of transgenic crops is their dispersal, persistence and spread in non-agricultural land. Ecological damage may result from such spread if the abundance of valued species is reduced. The ability of a plant to spread in non-agricultural habitats is called its invasiveness potential. The risks posed by the invasiveness potential of transgenic crops are assessed by...
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