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Compilation of information data available on transgenic trees and related biosafety issues

In the last 20 years, a large number of GMTs have been generated, characterized and field tested to evaluate their agronomic behaviour and their potential performance for technological applications. Therefore, important knowledge has been gained from these studies on the potential of GMTs whereas biosafety concerns have been raised on the plantation of transgenic trees in the field. The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action FP0905 on the biosafety of forest transgenic trees aims to help for the building and implementation of EU policy directives to ensure a safe development and practical use of GMTs in the future. To insure that one of the tasks is to gather the existing knowledge on genetically modified forest trees (GMTs) mostly with field trials experiments. I have found over 200 different reports that involve field trials with transgenic trees and some greenhouse experiments. I gatered available data on the traits targeted and the function of the genes introduced, on their intended and eventually unintended effects, and on host species characteristics especially related to biosafety issues such as their biological cycle, their way of pollination and the characteristics of pollen and seed dispersal.

transgenic trees; GMTs; field trials; target genes; host species

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