Biosafety aspects of transgenic plants

  • Releasing transgenic crops into the environment may have direct effects including: gene transfer to wild relatives or conventional crops, weediness, trait effects on non-target species and other unintended effects.
Biosafety describes the principles, procedures and policies to be adopted to ensure the environmental and personal safety. Recognizing the need of biosafety in 
Gene flow due to cross pollination for the traits involving resistance can result in development of tolerant or resistant weeds that are difficult to eradicate.

Are transgenic crops safe?

To date, over 30 million hectares of transgenic crops have been grown and no human health problems associated specifically with the ingestion of transgenic crops or their products have been identified.
However numerous potential concerns have been raised since the development of GM technology in the early 1970s.

How are transgenic plants different from wild crops?

Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture.
T hrough classical plant breeding techniques, present day cultivated crops have become significantly different from their wild counterparts.
Many of these crops were originally less productive and at times unsuitable for human consumption.

What are the guidelines for research in transgenic plants?

5.3 GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS, 1998:

  • In 1998
  • DBT brought out separate guidelines for carrying out research in transgenic plants called the Revised Guidelines for Research in Transgenic Plants.
    These also include:the guidelines for toxicity and allergenicity of transgenic seeds, plants and plant parts.

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