Bio-pharming: Soya harvest destroyed

Government agencies in the USA have ordered the destruction of around 13,500 tons of soya beans. The remains of genetically modified maize pla… more

Reversible processes

One project from the accompanying biosafety research into T4 lysozyme potatoes examined the effects on nodule bacteria (rhizobia).GMO Safet… more

Bt-maize in Mexico: Questions remain

The incrossing of foreign genes from genetically modified plants to local native varieties and wild plants has become a key focus of safety re… more

China: between hope and caution

Is China the realm of plant genetic engineering? There is a lot of speculation, but little is known in the West about the extent to which gene… more

Stability and behaviour of DNA in the gut. Summary of the FSA studies

In late July 2002 the British Food Standards Agency published the preliminary results of several studies which they had commissioned some time… more

New impetus to old dispute

Can foreign genes from GM crops be absorbed by micro-organisms? And if so, what would be the consequences? These questions have been disputed … more

GM rapeseed near nature reserves?

Genetically modified rapeseed is to be released in the vicinity of an area considered for nature conservancy in Swisttal, a community on the o… more

Oilseed rape pollen: flies a long way, rarely outcrosses

In commercial cultivation, oilseed rape rarely outcrosses, but does travel further than had previously been assumed. These were the findings o… more

“It all depends on whether the new traits confer an advantage.”

Against the background of the possible cultivation of genetically modified plants, British agro-ecologists have produced a study on outcros… more

Oilseed rape is good at outcrossing

With oilseed rape there is a high risk of gene transfer to other rape plants and to related wild species; this is the much-cited key statement… more

bioSicherheit goes online

The Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, has opened the new informa… more

An attack on the winegrowing industry?

In the late nineties the Geilweilerhof Institute of Grapevine Breeding at the Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants conduc… more

Dahnsdorf: Trial laid waste

In the night of the 21 to 22 March 2002, unknown persons destroyed the test fields sown with genetically modified rapeseed in Dahnsdorf (Brandenburg). more