ANGEL: Analysis of geneflow from crop to wild forms in lettuce and chicory and its population-ecological consequences in the context of GM-crop biosafety

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 00.0585
• Titre du projet anglais: ANGEL: Analysis of geneflow from crop to wild forms in lettuce and chicory and its population-ecological consequences in the context of GM-crop biosafety

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Gene flow; lettuce; molecular markers; phylogeography; microsatellites; PCR-RFLP; biosafety;
Biotechnology; Environmental Protection; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Life Sciences; Medicine; Health; Waste Management

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: QLK3-CT-2001-01657

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.3 The 'cell factory'

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Partenaires et organisations internationales (Anglais)

Coordinator: Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen (NL)

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

The anticipated risk of escape of transgenes from genetically modified crops to wild allies has revealed a serious lack in knowledge about gene flow from cultivated to wild forms of crop plants and its possible consequences for the environment, such as increased weediness. Therefore, this proposal aims at developing molecular tools dedicated to assessing gene flow in two model crops, one basically out crossing, chicory, and one basically selfing, lettuce. Consequences of gene flow for fitness will be studied by demographic monitoring of natural and experimental hybrid populations. Wild lettuce, L. serriola, also will serve as a model species for invasive behaviour and its recent expansion into Northwestern Europe will be studied biogeographically with the aid of molecular markers. The results will be integrated into a model from which recommendations will come for assessing GM-crop biosafety.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0585