RADISH AS A MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF ENGINEERED GENE ESCAPE RATES VIA CROP-WEED MATING

被引:76
作者
KLINGER, T [1 ]
ELAM, DR [1 ]
ELLSTRAND, NC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE,DEPT BOT & PLANT SCI,RIVERSIDE,CA 92521
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10.1111/j.1523-1739.1991.tb00360.x
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
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090705 ;
摘要
Engineered genes in transgenic crops may escape into the ambient environment via crop-weed hybridization. However, natural crop-weed mating rates (gene flow) are largely unknown. We measured mating between wild and cultivated radishes in an experiment that simulated natural stands around seed multiplication plots. We used a genetic marker to identify crop-weed mating events. Although weeds at the cultivar plot margin (1 m distance) received much more gene flow than distant plants, detectable gene flow occurred at our most distant site (1000 m). For insect-pollinated, outcrossing crops like radish, strategies other than distance must be employed to ensure complete isolation.
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