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Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation

Investigating the Durability of a Weed Management Tool

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Michel Beckert

    1. Unité génétique, diversité, écophysiologie des Céréales, INRA, Clermont-Ferrand – Theix Research Center, Clermont-Ferrand, France

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  2. Yves Dessaux

    1. CNRS, Institut des Sciences du végétal, Gif-sur-Yvettes, France

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  • This work uses an original multidisciplinary approach to the effects of HT crops cultivation
  • Unlike most studies, this work focuses on the agronomic HT tait in crops, not on the consequences of plant-breeding technology (transgenic vs. non-transgenic)
  • In the European context where a social contestation of cultivating GMOs can be found, this expert report is a pragmatic, robust and dispassionate examination of the impacts of HT crops
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Mechanisms of Herbicide Resistance and HTV Breeding Techniques

    • Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux
    Pages 1-28

  3. HTV Diffusion and Use

    • Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux
    Pages 29-58

  4. Diffusion of the HT Trait and the Appearance of Herbicide Resistance

    • Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux
    Pages 59-88

  5. The Development of HTV Cropping Systems

    • Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux
    Pages 89-106

  6. Effects on the Environment

    • Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux
    Pages 107-123

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 125-146
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Overall, this work identifies key points to be taken into account when drawing up guidelines that govern the use of herbicide-tolerant (HT) crops in order to preserve the effectiveness of this innovation over time. This multidisciplinary expert report, based on an international literature review, assesses the effects of the cultivation of crops possessing HT traits.  HT crops may appear to be useful complementary tools when farmers are facing certain difficult weed-management situations or in the context of a diversification of weed-control strategies. Their repeated use, however, can rapidly induce changes in the weed flora that can constitute more complex challenges in terms of weed control. Issues coming up with the development of agricultural production systems including HT crops are the objects of this expert report: what are the perceptions of these varieties by society and the reasons for their adoption by farmers? Are the savings on herbicides promoted by seed companies long-lasting? Can the cultivation of HT crops impact biodiversity? 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Unité génétique, diversité, écophysiologie des Céréales, INRA, Clermont-Ferrand – Theix Research Center, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Michel Beckert

  • CNRS, Institut des Sciences du végétal, Gif-sur-Yvettes, France

    Yves Dessaux

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