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Moderated conference on GMOs in the pipeline, hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum in 2012

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Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:52:53 +0100
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This is John Samuels (Message 84).

This is a supplementary point to follow on from Messages 60 and 84. The document entitled: "Cultivation of genetically modified food crops - Prospects and effects" (37th Report of the Committee on Agriculture [2011-2012], referred to by S.K.T. Nasar, Message 37) states that the contents of several reports containing information on environmental risk assessment studies on Bt brinjal are under examination as a post-Moratorium follow-up. Some of these reports (e.g. Andow, 2010) reflect on the content of some of the biosafety information found in documents located at http://www.envfor.nic.in/divisions/csurv/geac/bt_brinjal.html (website kindly pointed out by Dr. Manjunath, Message 87). Could I respectfully suggest that, in the advent of a future revision of any such documents, the sections on the taxonomy and previous crossability studies of brinjal and its relatives are amended. Some of the details of these sections are inaccurate and/or refer to out-of-date information that adds to the ambiguity already inherent in the study of such a taxonomically difficult group of species.

I would like to thank the Moderator and the other organisers of this conference for the opportunity to participate in such an important event.

Dr John Samuels
Novel Solanaceae Crops Research Project
Penzance 
Cornwall
TR20 8XD
United Kingdom
Tel: 0044 (0)1736 333773
E-mail: john.samuels (at) virgin.net

Reference:

Andow, D.A. 2010. Bt Brinjal: The Scope and Adequacy of the GEAC Environmental Risk Assessment. Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, USA.

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