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- Title
Gene flow in common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.).
- Authors
Ferreira, Juliano Lino; de Souza Carneiro, José Eustáquio; Teixeira, Alexsandro Lara; de Lanes, Fabiéli Fortunata; Cecon, Paulo Roberto; Borém, Aluízio
- Abstract
This study was conducted in Brazil in order to assess the potential risk posed by gene escape from transgenic into non-transgenic plants and wild populations. A new methodology was applied to evaluate the gene flow between common bean cultivars, by means of a specially delineated experiment in two stages. The first stage consisted of the planting of one cultivar with violet flowers (BB) as pollen source (‘Diamante Negro’), and a receiver (‘Talismã’) with white flowers (bb), at different distances. The source was sown in the center of the area. The pollen receiver cultivar was sown, in concentrical squares around it. At maturity, the rows were sampled at varied distances from the source in the four cardinal directions. In the second stage, the sampled seeds of the previous stage were sown, and the percentage of outcrossing was evaluated during flowering through the presence of violet flowers (Bb). The highest frequency of natural hybrids, 0.136%, occurred at a distance of 0.5 m between the cultivars. The natural outcrossing rate was practically zero beyond a distance of 3.25 m.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; GENETIC transformation; BEAN genetics; TRANSGENIC plants; CLIMATIC factors of pollen dispersal; CROSSING over (Genetics)
- Publication
Euphytica, 2007, Vol 153, Issue 1/2, p165
- ISSN
0014-2336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10681-006-9251-z