Journal or Publishing Institution: Plant Science
Study: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168945208003543
Author(s): Kim, C.G., Park, K.W., Lee, B., Kim, D.I., Park, J.Y., Kim, H.J., Park, J.E., An, J.H., Cho, K.H., Jeong, S.C. and Choi, K.H.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Record ID: 1227
Abstract: Gene flow from genetically modified (GM) chili pepper (Capsicum annuumL.), containing the CMVP0-CP (cucumber mosaic virus pathotype 0 – coat protein) gene to a non-GM control variety ‘P915’ and two commercial F1hybrids, ‘Manidda’ and ‘Taesan’, was assessed over two growing seasons in the field. Seeds were collected from non-GM chili peppers at a range of distances from the GM chili pepper plot, and hybrids between GM and non-GM plants were screened using the kanamycin assay. Event-specific PCR was performed to confirm the presence of transgenes in the kanamycin-resistant seedlings. From a total of 11,194 ‘P915’ seeds, there were 67 hybrids; there were 40 hybrids of 7499 seeds, and 102 hybrids of 5340 seeds for ‘Manidda’ and ‘Taesan’, respectively. The gene flow frequency was as high as 17.89% between GM and ‘Taesan’ chili pepper at the closest distance from the GM plot.
Keywords: Capsicum annuum, Chili pepper, Gene flow, Genetically modified crop, Bromoviridae, Capsicum, Capsicum annuum, Cucumber mosaic virus, Cucumovirus, plants, viruses, aminoglycoside antibiotics, antibiotics, chillies, coat proteins, crosses, cultivars, gene flow, genes, genetically engineered organisms, hybrids, kanamycin, pathogens, plant pathogens, plant viruses, polymerase chain reaction, seeds, transgenic plants, capsid proteins, cultivated varieties, genetically engineered plants, genetically modified organisms, genetically modified plants, GEOs, GMOs, PCR, phytopathogens, transgenic organisms, viruses of plants, viruses, positive-sense ssRNA Viruses, ssRNA Viruses, RNA Viruses, Solanaceae, Solanales, eudicots, angiosperms, Spermatophyta, plants, eukaryotes, Capsicum, Cucumovirus, Bromoviridae
Citation: Kim, C.G., Park, K.W., Lee, B., Kim, D.I., Park, J.Y., Kim, H.J., Park, J.E., An, J.H., Cho, K.H., Jeong, S.C. and Choi, K.H., 2009. Gene flow from genetically modified to conventional chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Plant Science, 176(3), pp.406-412.
