Journal or Publishing Institution: Research Series-Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Study: https://web.archive.org/web/20170817222150/http://arkansasagnews.uark.edu/485.pdf
Author(s): Wheeler, C.C., Gealy, D. and TeBeest, D.O.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Record ID: 1556
Abstract: There are many new developments in biotechnology, and among them are transgenic glufosinate-tolerant rice cultivars, which appear to provide a solution to the question of controlling red rice in cultivated rice. However, outcrossing between red rice and cultivated rice has been documented since 1961, and this is an issue that should be addressed first. Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine if glufosinate-tolerant genes were transferred to red rice by outcrossing with transgenic white rice and at what rate the outcrossing occurred. Preliminary review of the data gathered from experiments in which seedlings were treated with glufosinate suggests that red rice seedlings resistant to glufosinate are produced in significant numbers as a result of out-crossing; however, molecular evidence of gene transfer is needed to confirm gene transfer to red rice.
Keywords: Biotechnology, Transgenic, Transgenic Rice, Glufosinate-Tolerate, Glufosinate, Red Rice, Gene Transfer, Oryza sativa
Citation: Wheeler, C.C., Gealy, D. and TeBeest, D.O., 2001. Bar gene transfer from transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) to red rice (Oryza sativa). Research Series-Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, pp.33-36.
