Monitoring for escape of genetically modified (GM) oilseed rape (Brassica napus) during transport can be performed by means of roadside evaluations in areas where cultivation of this GM crop is not conducted, such as in Japan. We performed a survey of oilseed rape plants growing along a 20-km section of Japan's Route 51, one of the main land transportation routes in central Japan for imports of...

A method was developed to determine glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), and glufosinate in soil. The worldwide use of this herbicide agricultural activities, its known negative effects on both the environment health, have generated interest establishment methodologies for determination several matrices at trace level. development analytical methods AMPA, is challenging due present am...

The prevalence of herbicide resistance in ryegrass (Lolium spp.) the wine-growing regions New Zealand is poorly understood. Cases glyphosate, glufosinate and amitrole-resistant were documented a few vineyards 2013, but there have been no regional surveys for resistance. To address this knowledge gap, 106 visited across important Marlborough Waipara late February 2021, Hawke’s Bay Gisborne 2022,...

The use of transgenic Bt maize hybrids continues to increase significantly across the Corn Belt of the United States. In 2009, 59% of all maize planted in Illinois was characterized as a "stacked" gene variety. This is a 40% increase since 2006. Stacked hybrids typically express one Cry protein for corn rootworm control and one Cry protein for control of several lepidopteran pests; they also fe...