Orgenic plants: Gene-manipulated plants compatible with organic farming

Based on recent advances in plant gene technology, I propose to develop a new category of GM plants, orgenic plants, that are compatible with organic farming. These orgenic plants do not contain herbicide resistance genes to avoid herbicide application in agriculture. Furthermore, they either contai...

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Published in:Biotechnology journal 2012-11, Vol.7 (11), p.1328-1331
Main Author: Ryffel, Gerhart U.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biotechnology
Cisgenic
Crops, Agricultural - genetics
DNA, Plant - genetics
DNA, Recombinant
Drug Resistance
Gene-manipulated plants
Genes, Plant
Herbicides
Intragenic
Organic Agriculture - methods
Organic farming
Orgenic plants
Plants, Genetically Modified
Transgenes
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Summary:Based on recent advances in plant gene technology, I propose to develop a new category of GM plants, orgenic plants, that are compatible with organic farming. These orgenic plants do not contain herbicide resistance genes to avoid herbicide application in agriculture. Furthermore, they either contain genes that are naturally exchanged between species, or are sterile to avoid outcrossing if they received a transgene from a different species. These GM plants are likely to be acceptable to most sceptics of GM plants and facilitate the use of innovative new crops. This perspective article proposes the use of orgenic plants in the laboratory and the field. These orgenic plants do not contain herbicide resistance genes to avoid herbicide application in agriculture and they either contain genes that are naturally exchanged between species or are sterile to avoid outcrossing, if they received a transgene from a different species.
ISSN:1860-6768
1860-7314
DOI:10.1002/biot.201200225