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June, 2003
An
Environmental Safety Assessment of Roundup Ready® Wheat: Risks
for Direct Seeding Systems in Western Canada
A report prepared for
The Canadian Wheat Board for submission to Plant Biosafety Office of the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
June 2003 Prepared by
R.C. Van Acker, Associate Professor, Weed Science,
A.L. Brűlé-Babel, Professor, Wheat Breeding and Population
Genetics, and
L.F. Friesen, Research Associate, Weed Science
Department
of Plant Science
Faculty of
Agricultural and Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2. Canada
This report outlines the risks
that Roundup Ready® wheat presents for western Canadian farmers
using reduced tillage cropping systems.
The full report in PDF
format is at
http://www.cwb.ca/en/topics/biotechnology/report/pdf/070803.pdf |
