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Transgenic plants — a threat to local flora?

Yulya S. Cheryatova, Elena Yu. Yembaturova · Ecological genetics · 2022

The paper covers major threats associated with wide-range introduction and cultivation of transgenic plants due to germplasm mixing with that of indigenous species of natural plant communities and risks of transgenic plants adverse impact on the environment. Among them are: influencing non-target species, invasive power, possibility of GMPs escaping into the environment by horizontal gene transfer as well as harmful effect on the soil biota.
 Currently, herbicide- and pest-resistant genetically modified plants (GMP) became an integral part of contemporary agrotechnologies in many economies [1]. However, most countries lack national strategy providing science-based substantiated procedure of creating, distribution and safe production of GMP. Rapid development of agricultural biotechnology and GMP production offered many economical benefits but also caused concern due to their potential environmental impact. To date, truly negative effects of GMP production, revealed in the course of growing, are known: harmful effect of entomocide Cry-proteins (Bt endotoxins) on non-target biota, target phytophage resistance to insecticidal plants, phytophage species succession to replace the s

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