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GENE TRANSFER FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
June 17, 1999The report, which is based on a desk study of a substantial quantity of previously published research in related areas, considers all the routes by which the mixing of organic and genetically modified crops may occur, including pollen transfer and the growth of volunteers. It concludes that no system for the field production of seed can guarantee absolute genetic purity of seed samples. Very rarely, long-distance pollen transmission or seed transfer is possible and any criteria for organic crop production will need to recognise this.
There has always been the possibility of hybridisation and seed mixing between organic and non-organic crops. Organic farming systems acknowledge the possibility of spray or fertiliser drift from non-organic farming systems and procedures are established to minimise this.
The report highlights the need for acceptable levels of the presence of GM material in organic crops to be defined and for measures to be identified to underpin this. GM crops will not be released into the environment without first going through a rigorous and internationally recognised regulatory process designed to protect both human health and the environment.
Professor Mike Gale FRS, Director of the John Innes Centre, has stated "The John Innes Centre is widely recognized for its record of research excellence and the integrity of its research staff. It is undoubtedly for these reasons that the Centre was chosen to provide a careful, and impartial, scientific analysis of GM crop use. Plant breeding, including the use of GM technology, has a vital role to play in securing both the economic and environmental sustainability of UK and global agriculture in the future, and has the potential to provide
continued benefits for the consumer and industry alike."
John Innes Centre
Professor Mike Gale FRS, Director of the John Innes Centre, has stated "The John Innes Centre is widely recognized for its record of research excellence and the integrity of its research staff. It is undoubtedly for these reasons that the Centre was chosen to provide a careful, and impartial, scientific analysis of GM crop use. Plant breeding, including the use of GM technology, has a vital role to play in securing both the economic and environmental sustainability of UK and global agriculture in the future, and has the potential to provide
continued benefits for the consumer and industry alike."
John Innes Centre
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