GMO Research Programme - Reports
Determining risks to soil organisms associated with a genetically modified crop expressing a biopesticide in its roots
Ref EPG 1/5/217
Synopsis
The scientific objectives of this project were
- to evaluate risk to meso- and micro-fauna from root expression
- laboratory-based definition of the impact of GM plants on soil fauna
- to quantify the impact of GM plants on soil fauna in the field
- to quantify the impact of GM plants on micro-organisms
- to determine safe expression levels in plants and the rhizosphere during cropping and post-harvest.
Start and completion dates
Project started January 2001; completed December 2003.
Final report
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format (620 KB)
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Other publications
Not yet available
Contact details
Contractor
Professor H J Atkinson
Centre of Plant Sciences
Leeds Institute for Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
LIBA@leeds.ac.uk
Defra
Dr Nick Brickle
3/E8, Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 6DE.
020 7082 5238
GM@defra.gsi.gov.uk
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16 December, 2004
Page published: 2 March 2004