Plant Protect. Sci., 2012, 48(10):S11-S15 | DOI: 10.17221/58/2012-PPS

Effect of MON 810 cultivation and prevention to adventitious presence in non-GM fields: A case study in Slovakia

Peter Mihalčík¹, Katarína Hrčková¹, Martin Singer², Anna Plačková³, Ján Kraic¹

¹ Institute of Plant Production - Plant Production Research Center Piešťany, Piešťany, Slovak Republic

² Monsanto Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

³ Monsanto Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

The efficiency of border rows to prevent the adventitious presence of GM maize in non-GM maize plots was evaluated as well as the effect of the MON 810 maize of the yield and self-protection against the European corn borer. The GM maize MON 810 event was drilled at 3 locations over the Slovakia and the grain samples were collected from the neighbouring conventional maize fields. The data obtained by Real-Time PCR indicate that coexistence between GM and conventional maize is feasible and the isolation distance of 200 m (respectively 100 border rows of conventional maize) separates GM maize from the conventional one more than sufficiently. The effective isolation distance is 3-4 times greater than the actually needed. The MON 810 revealed also the highest yield and the best self-protection against European corn borer in both growing seasons with different climatic conditions.

Keywords: GM crop; maize; MON 810; coexistence; isolation distance; yield; resistance

Published: December 31, 2012  Show citation