GMO Research Programme - Reports
A generic mathematical model for the integrated management of a crop containing anti-feedant genes
Ref RG0115
Synopsis
The aim of this project was to examine the consequences of maximising transgenes against pest adaptation and minimising the risk to non-target species. The interaction between three trophic levels was studied using parametric curves to characterise the major processes determining the movement of toxin through the food chain and the rate of adaptation of the pest species to the transgenic crop host. The project aimed to determine the general characteristics of the crop/pest/non-target species combinations which are and are not consistent with simultaneous realisation of these goals. The modelling approach was focused on oilseed rape and potato-expressing anti-insect lectins, protease inhibitors and Bt toxins, and would be used to identify possible management strategies for sustainable exploitation of the transgenic cultivars and highlight possible environmental risks
Start and completion dates
Project started July 1999; final report awaiting publication
Final report
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Other publications
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Contact details
Contractor
Dr Nick Birch
Scottish Crop Research Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
n.birch@scri.sari.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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