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Ecological impacts of genetically modified crops
Experiences from ten years of experimental field research
and commercial cultivation
Olivier Sanvido, Michèle Stark, Jörg Romeis and Franz Bigler
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ISSN
1661-7584 ART-Schriftenreihe
ISBN
3-905608-83-9
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Artwork
Ursus Kaufmann, ART
Front cover
Honey bee on oilseed rape / Soybean field
Gabriela Brändle, ART
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2006 ART
This study was prepared on behalf of the
The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect those of the members of the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety. The authors
declare that they have no competing financial interests.
Eidgenössische Fachkommission für biologische Sicherheit EFBS
Commission fédérale d’experts pour la sécurité biologique CFSB
Commissione federale per la sicurezza biologica CFSB
Cumissiun federala per la segirezza biologica CFSB
Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety SECB
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Table of contents
Editorial
V
Summary
VI
Zusammenfassung
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Résumé
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1 Introduction
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1.1 Background
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1.2 Objectives of the study
2
1.3 Content of the study
2
1.4 Transferability of worldwide field data to Swiss agriculture
2
2 Methodology of the study
3
3 The worldwide cultivation of GM crops
4
3.1 Global status by country, crop and trait
4
3.2 Possible future GM crops
5
3.2.1 Expansion of input traits
5
3.2.2 Tolerances to abiotic stresses
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3.2.3 Output traits
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3.3 Motivations of farmers to adopt GM crops
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3.3.1 Losses in arable crops if no crop protection is undertaken
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3.3.2 Herbicide toleran