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ArticleTransgenic research2014

A multi-year assessment of the environmental impact of transgenic Eucalyptus trees harboring a bacterial choline oxidase gene on biomass, precinct vegetation and the microbial community.

Taichi Oguchi, Yuko Kashimura, Makiko Mimura, Xiang Yu, Etsuko Matsunaga, Kazuya Nanto, Teruhisa Shimada, Akira Kikuchi, Kazuo N Watanabe

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Article in Transgenic research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Environmental risk assessment of impacts of transgenicPlant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2018
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  6. Transcriptional enhancement of a bacterialPlant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Taichi OguchiPlant Transgenic Design Initiative, Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten-nodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan, ta1oguchi@gene.tsukuba.ac.jp.
Yuko Kashimura
Makiko Mimura
Xiang Yu
Etsuko Matsunaga
Kazuya Nanto
Teruhisa Shimada
Akira Kikuchi
Kazuo N Watanabe
University of Tsukuba · JPNippon Paper Industries (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 4-year field trial for the salt tolerant Eucalyptus globulus Labill. harboring the choline oxidase (codA) gene derived from the halobacterium Arthrobacter globiformis was conducted to assess the impact of transgenic versus non-transgenic trees on biomass production, the adjacent soil microbial communities and vegetation by monitoring growth parameters, seasonal changes in soil microbes and the allelopathic activity of leaves. Three independently-derived lines of transgenic E. globulus were compared with three independent non-transgenic lines including two elite clones. No significant differences in biomass production were detected between transgenic lines and non-transgenic controls derived from same seed bulk, while differences were seen compared to two elite clones. Significant differences in the number of soil microbes present were also detected at different sampling times but not between transgenic and non-transgenic lines. The allelopathic activity of leaves from both transgenic and non-transgenic lines also varied significantly with sampling time, but the allelopathic activity of leaves from transgenic lines did not differ significantly from those from non-transgenic lines. These results indicate that, for the observed variables, the impact on the environment of codA-transgenic E. globulus did not differ significantly from that of the non-transformed controls on this field trial.

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EnvironmentAlcohol OxidoreductasesAllelopathyAnalysis of VarianceArthrobacterBiomassEucalyptusGenes, BacterialGene Transfer TechniquesJapanPlant LeavesPlants, Genetically ModifiedSeasonsSoil MicrobiologyAlcohol Oxidoreductasescholine oxidase

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PMID24927812
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