Md Ruhul Amin, Sung-Dug Oh, Mansura Afrose, Soo-Yun Park, Doh-Won Yun, Tae-Hun Ryu, Seong-Kon Lee, Kihun Ha, Eunji Bae, Sera Kang, Chang-Gi Kim, Chang Uk Eun, Young-Kun Kim, Minwook Kim, Dongmin Kim, Donguk Kim, Sang Jae Suh
The field study was undertaken to examine the potential for adverse effects of transgenic soybean expressing bioactive human epidermal growth factor (with tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate, PPT) on the abundance and diversity of plant-dwelling arthropods by comparing with those of a non-GM parental cultivar, Gwangan soybean. Field surveys of soybean fields were carried out over two consecutive years, 2016 and 2017 at Ochang and Jeonju, Korea. The number of captured individuals associated with either of EGF and Gwangan soybean plants increased in 2017 compared with 2016 in both Ochang and Jeonju...
December 31, 2022: GM Crops & Food