Bioseguridad ambiental y patata transgénica en un centro de diversidad para este cultivo

Carolina Celis1, Maria Scurrah, Sue Cowgill

  • 1Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University, PO Box 386, 6700 AJ, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Nature
|November 13, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Las patatas modificadas genéticamente ofrecen resistencia a los nematodos en los Andes sin dañar a los organismos no objetivo. Se observa el flujo genético a parientes silvestres, pero las variedades masculinas estériles permiten la evaluación de beneficios sin comprometer el principio de precaución.

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