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GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● BtMaize(MON810)introducedin1997
● OnlycountryinAfricagrowingGMcropsonalargecommercialscale
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● MovementofGenesfromGMcroptonon‐GMCropviapollen
● ResultsincominglingofGMandnon‐GMcrop
● Unwantedwhenithaslegal,regulatory,environmentalorhealthimplications
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Legal● Genepatenting
● Environment● Contaminationofwildspeciesorlandraces
● Economic● Unwantedcontaminationofnon‐GMororganicproducts
● HumanHealth● Contaminationoffoodcropsbyexperimental,industrialorpharmaceuticalGMcrop
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Environment
● Mexico(2001):Maizelandraces
● Health/Trade● StarLinkmaize(2000):Approvedforanimalfeed
● LL601rice(2006):Notapprovedforenvironmentalrelease
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Geneescape● Fieldtrialsofexperimentalmaizeevents
● Geneflowtotraditionallandraces● Lowcommercialvalue,highculturalvalue
● Effectsontheenvironment?● Effectsonnon‐targetandtargetspecies
● Effectsonfoodsecurity● Infringementsofpatentrights
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● 11publicationsongeneflowinmaize● NotspecificforenvironmentalconditionsinSouthAfrica● DifficulttoextrapolatefindingstofarmingconditionsinSA
● VaryingFindings● Geneflowrecordedfrom34to650m(PaternianiandStort
1974;Henryetal.2003)
● RegulatoryImplications?
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
ToDeterminetheextentandimpact
ofGMmaizecrosspollinationunderSouthAfricanconditions
inthecontext
ofcommercialfarmingpractice
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Maizetrials:2005/2006and2006/2007● Seed
● MON810GMconvertedyellowmaize● Non‐GMwhitemaize
● Pollencapturing● Geneflowatseedmaturity
● Weatherdata
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GM
Non-GM
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMNon‐GM
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Sampling● Bainsvlei:800cobs/field/season● Waterbron:1280cobs/field/season
Wind
Crosspollination
Pollenload
BV06 BV07 WB07
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
%GeneflowCombinedaverage(m)
Combinedhigh(m)
P
1.0 14 36 0.006
0.1 45 135 0.0002
0.01 146 503 0.00002
0.001 474 1869 0.0008
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Fieldtrials/Non‐GMseedproduction
● Minimizegeneflowtoundetectable:1.87km
● Combinea2weektemporalisolationwithin1.87kmwitha503
mdistanceisolation
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● Usingaverage%geneflowmayunderestimatethepotentialextentofgeneflow
● Highvaluesofgeneflowaresignificantlyhigherthanpreviouslyreported
● Acombinationofisolationdistanceandtemporalisolationshouldbebasedonthemaximumdistancerequiredtoachievetheminimumthresholdlevelofcomingling
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
● ThereisvariationintheBtexpressionwithinandbetweendifferentmaizetissues
● Out‐crossingcanresultinloweredexpressionlevelsofBttoxin
● Wehypothesizethatsub‐lethaldosesofBttoxinduetovariationinBtexpressionmayhavecontributedtothedevelopmentoftargetinsectresistance
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
GMO Testing Facility: Department of Haematology and Cell Biology UNIVERSITYOFTHEFREESTATE•UNIVERSITEITVANDIEVRYSTAAT•YUNIVESITHIYAFREISTATA Tel (051) 405 3656 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ufs.ac.za
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