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Co-existence of GM and non GM arable crops: case study of the UK. (2003)

This paper is relevant to the Co-Existence categories in the following areas:

Crops:	Sugar Beet, Maize, and Oilseed Rape
Traits:	Insect Resistance, Herbicide Tolerance, Virus Resistance, Fungal Resistance, Other, and Insect Res. (BT)
Countries:	United Kingdom
Regions:	EU
ImpactAreas:	Co-Existence

Abstract or Summary:

This paper examines the issue of co-existence of GM and non GM crops as a result of the 260 Farm Scale Evalutaion field trials conduction in the UK.

It concludes that the evidence to date shows that no conventional or organic crop located next to one or more of the FSEs experienced any economic loss and that the likelihood of ecoomic and commercial problems of co-existence therefore remains very limited.

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