Title:	Environmental impacts of transgenic glyphosate-resistant soybean cultivation in Brazil.
Authors:	CERDEIRA, A. L. GAZZIERO, D. L. P. DUKE, S. O.
Affiliation:	ANTONIO LUIZ CERDEIRA, CNPMA; DIONISIO LUIZ PISA GAZZIERO, CNPSO; STEPHEN O. DUKE, USDA-ARS.
Date Issued:	2010
Citation:	In: ACS NATIONAL MEETING & EXPOSITION, 239., Spring 2010, San Francisco. Abstracts... San Francisco: American Chemistry Society, 2010.
Description:	Glyphosate-resistant soybeans (GRS) effects on contamination of soil, water, and air are minimal, compared to those caused by the herbicides that they replace when GRS are adopted. Transgenes encoding glyphosate resistance in soybeans are highly unlikely to be a risk to wild plant species in Brazil. GRS resulted in a significant shift to no-tillage practices, but weed resistance may reduce this trend. Probably the highest agricultural risk in adopting GRS in Brazil is related to weed resistance due to use of glyphosate. Weed species in GRS fields have shifted in Brazil to those that can more successfully withstand glyphosate or to those that avoid the time of its application. These include Chamaesyce hirta, Commelina benghalensis, Digitaria insularis, Spermacoce latifolia, Richardia brasiliensis, and Ipomoea spp. Four weed species, Conyza bonariensis, Conyza Canadensis, Lolium multiflorum, and Euphorbia heterophylla, have evolved resistance to glyphosate in GRS in Brazil. Conyza spp are the most difficult to control.
Thesagro:	Impacto ambiental Soja Planta Transgênica
NAL Thesaurus:	Soybeans Environmental impact Transgenic plants
Type of Material:	Resumo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Resumo em anais de congresso (CNPSO)