Transgenic crops in developing countries A report on field releases, biosafety regulations and environmental impact assessment

The objectives of this report are based on a previous study initiated and published by the German Federal Environment Agency in 1996. However, within the last 3 years, several Developing Countries have finalized their biosafety guidelines and embarked on genetic engineering for pharmaceutical and agricultural production. In turn, there is a growing interest among industrialized and transition countries to exploit genetic resources by applying modern biotechnology tools. The current report is aiming to summarize and critically review the initiatives and activities of Developing Countries in: biotechnology capacity building and transgenic field releases, establishing and implementing biosafety guidelines and legislation, assessing the risks of transgenic crop release in center of origin, harmonizing strategies for implementing biosafety and protecting biodiversity with respect to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Agenda 21. Since more than 20 'developing' countries have been considered, it is quite obvious that the report cannot be regarded as a reference-book. The fields surveyed do not represent a static framework but a highly dynamic development. It is necessary to understand establishment and implementation of biotechnology capacity and safety as a continuous process - including its critical evaluation. Consequently, this report should serve as a basis for further qualified discussion and action. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RN 8422(1999,58) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman

'Gene-Farming': Stand der Wissenschaft, moegliche Risiken und Management-Strategien Gutachten zu 'Spezifische Risiken des Gene-Farming in Pflanzen'

Available from TIB Hannover: RN 8422(2001,15) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

Grundlagen fuer die Risikobewertung transgener Gehoelze - Literaturstudie zur Stabilitaet transgen-vermittelter Merkmale in gentechnisch veraenderten Pflanzen mit dem Schwerpunkt transgene Gehoelzarten und Stabilitaetsgene

SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RN 8422(2002,53) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekBundesministerium fuer Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Berlin (Germany); Ministerium fuer Umwelt, Natur und Forsten des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel (Germany)DEGerman

Transgenic peas (Pisum sativum) expressing polygalacturonase inhibiting protein from raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and stilbene synthase from grape (Vitis vinifera)

The pea (Pisum sativum L.) varieties Baroness (United Kingdome) and Baccara (France) were transformed via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer withpGPTVbinary vectors containing the bar gene in combination with two different antifungal genes coding for polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) from raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) driven by a double 35S promoter, or the stilbene synthase (Vst1) from grape (Vitis vinifera L.) driven by its own elicitor-inducible promoter. Transgenic lines were established and transgenes combined via conventional crossing. Resveratrol, produced by Vst1 transgenic plants, was detected using HPLC and the PGIP expression was determined in functional inhibition assays against fungal polygalacturonases. Stable inheritance of the antifungal genes in the transgenic plants was demonstrate