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ArticleGM crops & food2020

Plant-associated and soil microbiota composition as a novel criterion for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants.

Astghik Z Pepoyan, Michael L Chikindas

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Article in GM crops & food, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Astghik Z PepoyanDepartment of Food Safety and Biotechnology, Armenian National Agrarian University, Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1935-5341
Michael L ChikindasHealth Promoting Naturals Laboratory, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-4562
Armenian National Agrarian University · AMRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of genetically modified plants on plant-associated and surrounding soil microorganisms is an uninvestigated area of environmental risk assessment. Biological markers such as lysine racemase, phosphomannose isomerase, and sulfadiazine are in use or suggested for use in plant genetic transformation technologies to confirm that the uptake of DNA has occurred. Similar to the effects of antibiotic-resistance genes, these markers might change the host plant's microbiota. Taking into account the importance of the microbiota in plant growth and protection from pathogens as well as in the lives of both humans and animals, we propose novel criteria for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants: the composition of the plant microbiota and plant-associated soil microbiota. In addition to the possible impact of genetic transformation technologies on the plant microbiota highlighted in this report, the microbiota of genetically modified plants (and/or plant-associated soil microbiota) should be investigated in a comparative study of genetically modified and unmodified plant-derived microbiotas. This could potentially provide important information to farmers when considering the adoption of genetically modified plants.

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MicrobiotaSoilAnimalsHumansPlants, Genetically ModifiedRisk AssessmentSoilenvironmental risk assessmentGenetically modified organismmicrobiotaplantplant-microbe interactionsoil-plant relationships

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PMID31847696
PMCPMC7158920
OpenAlexW2995180977

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