Zum Inhalt springen

Maize gene flow simulation for intensively used agrarian areas in Lower Saxony (Germany). In: GM-crop cultivation - ecological effects on a landscape scale - proceedings of the Third GMLS Conference 2012 in Bremen

Abteilungen

Ökosystem Co-Design

Abstract

Introduction The counties of Vechta and Cloppenburg (Lower Saxony, Germany) are located in a highly intensified agricultural environment with one of the highest shares of animal production and maize cultivation in Germany. Compared with Eastern Germany or other intensively cultivated regions the average field size is rather small. If genetically modified (GM) maiz would be grown in this agrarian environment, it would be very important to anticipate the efficiency of segregation measures to prevent gene flow from GM to conventional fields. In Germany, there is a segregation distance of 150 m implemented between GM maize and conventional maize. To organic fields, a distance of 300 m has to be kept (GenTPfIEV 008). When the GM impurities in conventional crop go beyond 0.9%, the conventional harvest must be labelled and marketed as containing GMO (EU 2003). Those regions with a considerable hogh rate of maize cultivation and relatively small field sizes would be particularly relevant for coexistence feasibility estimates (Ernsing 2012).

Zitiere diese Aktivität

Ernsing M., Breckling B., Reuter H. and Schmidt G. (2013) Maize gene flow simulation for intensively used agrarian areas in Lower Saxony (Germany). In: Breckling B. & Verhoeven R. (eds.). GM-crop cultivation - ecological effects on a landscape scale - proceedings of the Third GMLS Conference 2012 in Bremen (pp. 71-77).

Details

Titel Maize gene flow simulation for intensively used agrarian areas in Lower Saxony (Germany)
Datum 01.01.2013
Buchtitel GM-crop cultivation - ecological effects on a landscape scale - proceedings of the Third GMLS Conference 2012 in Bremen
Open Access Status Closed Access

Die Inhalte auf dieser Seite werden von den Autor:innen selbst gepflegt.