Cultivation crops and wild species.(4).1.Flowering plants.

Contamination of wild plants near neonicotinoid seed-treated crops, and implications for non-target invertebrates

5 Neonicotinoid insecticides are commonly-used as seed treatments on flowering crops such as 6 oilseed rape. Their persistence and solubility in water increase the chances of environmental 7 contamination via surface-runoff or drainage into areas adjacent to the crops. However, their 8 uptake and fate into non-target vegetation remains poorly understood. In this study, we 9 analysed samples of ...

Contamination of wild plants near neonicotinoid seed-treated crops, and implications for non-target insects.

Neonicotinoid insecticides are commonly-used as seed treatments on flowering crops such as oilseed rape. Their persistence and solubility in water increase the chances of environmental contamination via surface-runoff or drainage into areas adjacent to the crops. However, their uptake and fate into non-target vegetation remains poorly understood. In this study, we analysed samples of foliage co...

Bt crops: predicting effects of escaped transgenes on the fitness of wild plants and their herbivores.

One prominent concern about genetically modified crops is the possibility of environmental impacts from the movement of fitness-enhancing traits to wild plant populations. Decisions to deregulate Bt crops in the USA have relied strongly on arguments that these crops will not interbreed with wild relatives in the permitted growing regions. Limited attention therefore has been directed to analyse...

Engineered Crops: Transgenes Go Wild

Genetically modified Agrostis stolonifera has escaped from cultivation. For the first time, a herbicide-resistant perennial weed has established itself in wild populations.

Case study of tobacco cultivation and alternate crops in India