PARTICIPATORY MONITORING OF CORN FROM ECUADOR FOR DETECTION OF THE PRESENCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PROTEINS

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Published: Mar 1, 2018
Keywords:
participatory monitoring, native corn, hybrides, trangenic corn, transgenic proteins, ELISA.

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Elizabeth Bravo, Dra
Xavier León

Abstract

Ecuador has been declared free of GeneticallyModified (GM) crops and seeds.However, it is doubtful if indeed Ecuadorian crops are not contaminatedwith transgenes either by gene flow or by the illegal use of GEMseeds. A participativemonitoring process of the Ecuadorean corn, carried out in 2012 and 2013 in 15 provinces of Ecuador, reveals no presence of the transgenic proteins Cr1Ab/Ac, pat and CP4EPSPS.

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Vol. 17 No. 1: (January-June 2013)
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Scientific Article

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