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: Received: 4 February 2024 / Approved: 5 February 2024 / Online: 5 February 2024 (13:54:38 CET)
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: Received: 6 February 2024 / Approved: 6 February 2024 / Online: 6 February 2024 (13:40:47 CET)
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Koller, F.; Cieslak, M.; Bauer-Panskus, A. Environmental Risk Assessment Scenarios of Specific NGT Applications in Brassicaceae Oilseed Plants. Preprints2024, 2024020255. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0255.v1
Koller, F.; Cieslak, M.; Bauer-Panskus, A. Environmental Risk Assessment Scenarios of Specific NGT Applications in Brassicaceae Oilseed Plants. Preprints 2024, 2024020255. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0255.v1
Koller, F.; Cieslak, M.; Bauer-Panskus, A. Environmental Risk Assessment Scenarios of Specific NGT Applications in Brassicaceae Oilseed Plants. Preprints2024, 2024020255. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0255.v1
APA Style
Koller, F., Cieslak, M., & Bauer-Panskus, A. (2024). Environmental Risk Assessment Scenarios of Specific NGT Applications in <em>Brassicaceae</em> Oilseed Plants. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0255.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Koller, F., Michael Cieslak and Andreas Bauer-Panskus. 2024 "Environmental Risk Assessment Scenarios of Specific NGT Applications in <em>Brassicaceae</em> Oilseed Plants" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0255.v1
Abstract
Oilseed plants of the Brassicaceae plant family are cultivated for food, feed and industrial purposes on large-scale in Europe. This review gives an overview of current market-oriented applications of new genomic techniques (NGTs)in relevant Brassicaceae oilseed crops based on a literature survey. In this respect, changes in oil quality, yield, growth and resistance to biotic and abiotic stress are goals in oilseed rape (B. napus) and camelina (C. sativa). Environmental risk assessment scenarios are developed for specific NGT applications in Brassicaceae oilseed crops with either a changed oil composition or with fitness related traits. In case of a changed oil composition an increase or decrease of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) demonstrates risks for health and survival of pollinators. In case of fitness related traits other risks were identified, i. e. an increased risk of spread and persistence of NGT plants. Furthermore, there are indications for potential disturbance of interactions with the environment, involving signalling pathways and reaction to stress conditions. It is shown that for a comprehensive risk assessment the technological potential of NGTs, the plants’ biology and the scale of releases have to be considered in combination. Therefore, the release of NGT plants into the environment for agricultural purposes will require risk assessment and monitoring of single traits as well as of combinatorial and long-term cumulative effects. In addition, risk management should develop concepts and measures to control and potentially restrict the scale of releases. This is especially relevant for NGT Brassicaceae in Europe which is a centre of diversity of this plant family.
Keywords
new genomic techniques (NGT); genetically engineered organisms; genome editing; risk assessment; unintended effects in NGT plants
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biology and Biotechnology
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