Journal or Publishing Institution: Biotech
Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13205-016-0387-9
Author(s): Lurquin, P.F.
Article Type: Journal Publication
Abstract:
This Note questions the safety of crop plants engineered with transgenes coding for the degradation of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) into its cytotoxic metabolite 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP).
Keywords: Herbicide resistant crops, 2,4-dichlorophenol toxicity, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid metabolites, Food safety
Citation:
Lurquin, P.F., 2016. Production of a toxic metabolite in 2, 4-D-resistant GM crop plants. Biotech, 6(1), p.82.
Category:
- Environmental effects
- Pesticide use
Record ID: 2452
