USA: Genetically modified oilseed rape found on uncultivated land

When genetically modified oilseed rape is grown on a large scale, the plants also grow on uncultivated land. According to a recent study pu… more

Invasiveness of oilseed rape plants

(2004 – 2009) University of Osnabrück, Biology, Systematic Botany, Osnabrück more

Genetically modified oilseed rape in Canada: Taking stock after ten years of cultivation

Although genetically modified oilseed rape is not yet grown in Europe, it now accounts for just under 90 percent of the total oilseed rape … more

Rape seeds in the soil still viable after ten years

Ten years after the end of a release trial with genetically modified oilseed rape, Swedish scientists found oilseed rape plants on the former … more

Oilseed rape and his big family

Oilseed rape belongs to the Brassicaceae or mustard family, which has many branches. It is related to several species found in Central Europe … more

“Coexistence requires greater effort, but is possible in principle.”

Is GM oilseed rape capable of coexisting with conventional rape? – Questions put to Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter, Coordinator of the SiF… more

“The processes are highly variable, so coexistence rules must be sufficiently robust.”

Is GM oilseed rape capable of coexisting with conventional rape? – Questions put to Broder Breckling, adjunct professor at the Univer… more

Possible effects of cultivating transgenic oilseed rape

(2000 – 2004) Technical University of Munich, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan (WZW), Chair of Vegetation Ecology, Freisin… more

Spread and persistence of transgenic oilseed rape in the agricultural environment

(2000 – 2006) Technical University of Munich, Chair of Plant-Breeding, Freising – Weihenstephan more

GenEERA III – Model calculations on dispersal of oilseed rape transgenes at landscape level – Schleswig-Holstein regional study

(2002 – 2004) University of Kiel, Ecology Centre more