GM RAPESEED : STATUS REPORT TO GCIRC TECHNICAL MEETING,

POZNAN

Melvyn F. Askew

Central Science Laboratory

York

UK

JUNE 2001

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THIS PRESENTATION UPDATES POSTERS PREPARED BY

MELVYN F. ASKEWFROM RESPONSES BY

GCIRC COLLEAGUES ON GM RAPESEED FOR GCIRC CONGRESS,

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA

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WHAT WAS THE GM POSITION IN 1999?

• AREAS

• TRAITS

• RATE OF GM INTRODUCTION

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GM RAPESEED 1999

•CANADA HAD MOST GM RAPESEED

•COMMERCIALISED TRAITS WERE:

1. GLUFOSINATE TOLERANCE

2. GLYPHOSATE TOLERANCE

3. HYBRIDITY SYSTEM

(GLUFOSINATE TOLERANCE +

MALE STERILITY)

(N.B. numbers above relate to next acetate)

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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GM TRAITS REPORTED FOR GCIRC CANBERRA

• H.T. GLUFOSINATE

• H.T. GLYPHOSATE

• HYBRIDITY SYSTEM

• HIGH LAURIC ACID

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WORLD RAPESEED PRODUCTION 1999

(Ha’s)

•2 BLOCKS OF PRODUCERS

- LARGE AREA = CANADA, AUSTRALIA, PRC,

POLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, CZECH REP, UK

- SMALL PRODUCERS = BELGIUM, ARGENTINA,

SWITZERLAND, SLOVAK REP, JAPAN,

FINLAND, DENMARK

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GM RAPESEED UPDATE : KEY ISSUES

• PUBLIC CONCERN - EUROPE, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, PRC

• PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE - USA, CANADA, INDIA

• INDIFFERENCE - SWEDEN

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CURRENT GM TRAITS

1. - FOR EARLY COMMERCIALISATION

- GLUFOSINATE/HYBRIDITY SYSTEMS

- GLYPHOSATE TOLERANCE

+ BROMOXYNIL TOLERANCE/CANADA

(HIGH LAURIC ACID RAPESEED PRODUCTION HAS VIRTUALLY CEASED)

2. IN ADVANCED TRIALS

- RESISTANCE TO POD SHATTER

- RESISTANCE TO LEPTOSPHAERIA

- +?

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AREA SOWN TO HERBICIDE TOLERANT (HT) CANOLA BY HERBICIDE TYPE AND PERCENT OF

TOTAL CROP

Year Roundup Liberty Brox Total ha

………………………………………..’000 ha……………………………………..

1995 0 14 0 5,273

1996 18 103 0 3,451

1997 182 404 0 4,869

1998 1,214 610 0 5,260

1999 1,830 1,123 0 5,564

2000* 1,942 728 40 4,816

*GM% OF TOTAL CROP 56%

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TIMING OF GM RAPESEED INTRODUCTION

CANADA - 1995

AUSTRALIA - 2003

EU-15 - NOT BEFORE 2003/5?

SWITZERLAND - > 5 YEARS

PRC - > 5 YEARS

POLAND - > 5 YEARS

CZECH REPUBLIC - WITHIN 5 YEARS

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CURRENT COMMERCIAL RAPESEED AREAS

(HARVEST 2001) (000ha)Australia 1,250

Belgium 7

Canada 3,754

Czech R 350

Denmark 90

France 1,120

Germany 1,100

Italy 100

Japan 0.3

PRC >7,000

Poland c.500

Sweden 45

Switzerland 16

UK 437

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CONCLUSIONS

• GM TRAITS ARE FOCUSSING ON HT

• AGRONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS WILL FORM THE NEXT TRANCHE OF GM’S

• GENERAL TREND OF CONCERN ABOUT GM’S

• PRODUCTION AREAS ABOUT ON TARGET ALLOWING FOR WEATHER

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THE AUTHOR WISHES TO THANK ALL COLLEAGUES WHO RESPONDED TO HIS

QUERIES FOR THIS SUMMARY

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