Original research article
Monitoring of GM Soybean in High Categories of Seed on the Croatian Seed Market
2012, 77 (3) p. 127-130
Renata Hanzer, Dijana Ocvirk, Sanja Špoljarić Marković, Hrvoje Fulgosi
Abstract
Croatia has a long tradition in seed production for domestic use and for export. As an EU candidate country Croatia has harmonized its legislation with EU directives and therefore no GM soybean is authorized for cultivation. So far there is no record of introduction of GM soybean into Croatian environment; however there are earlier records of growing genetically modified soybean in the region. Aim of this study is to monitor current position in domestic seed market regarding genetically modified soybeans through substantial PCR screening for three lines: GTS 40-3-2 (Roundup Ready, RRS), A2704-12 (Liberty Link, LL) and MON89788 soybean (RR2). Screening was performed on high category soybean seed that was certified for Croatian market in season 2010/2011. Total of 18 different varieties of soybean seed were tested and all resulted negative for the presence of the tested GM lines. This is the first such screening of Croatian seed market.
Keywords
genetically modified soybean, polymerase chain reaction, Croatian seed market, prebasic and basic seed
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