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ArticleTransgenic research2023

GEnZ explorer: a tool for visualizing agroclimate to inform research and regulatory risk assessment.

Rachel L Melnick, Larissa Jarvis, Paul Hendley, Monica Garcia-Alonso, Marc J Metzger, Navin Ramankutty, John L Teem, Andrew Roberts

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Article in Transgenic research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rachel L MelnickAgriculture and Food Systems Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Larissa JarvisMcGill University, 845 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Paul HendleyPhasera Ltd., 7 Kenilworth Avenue, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
Monica Garcia-AlonsoEstel Consult Ltd., 5 Hillside Drive, Binfield, Berkshire, UK.
Marc J MetzgerSchool of Geosciences, Geography and the Lived Environment, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Navin RamankuttySchool of Public Policy and Global Affairs, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
John L TeemGenetic Biocontrols LLC, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Andrew RobertsAgriculture and Food Systems Institute, Washington, DC, USA. aroberts@foodsystems.org.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Confined field trials (CFT) of genetically engineered (GE) crops are used to generate data to inform environmental risk assessments (ERA). ERAs are required by regulatory authorities before novel GE crops can be released for cultivation. The transportability of CFT data to inform risk assessment in countries other than those where the CFT was conducted has been discussed previously in an analysis showing that the primary difference between CFT locations potentially impacting trial outcomes is the physical environment, particularly the agroclimate. This means that data from trials carried out in similar agroclimates could be considered relevant and sufficient to satisfy regulatory requirements for CFT data, irrespective of the country where the CFTs are conducted. This paper describes the development of an open-source tool to assist in determining the transportability of CFT data. This tool provides agroclimate together with overall crop production information to assist regulators and applicants in making informed choices on whether data from previous CFTs can inform an environmental risk assessment in a new country, as well as help developers determine optimal locations for planning future CFTs. The GEnZ Explorer is a freely available, thoroughly documented, and open-source tool that allows users to identify the agroclimate zones that are relevant for the production of 21 major crops and crop categories or to determine the agroclimatic zone at a specific location. This tool will help provide additional scientific justification for CFT data transportability, along with spatial visualization, to help ensure regulatory transparency.

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EnvironmentGenetic EngineeringCrops, AgriculturalPlants, Genetically ModifiedRisk AssessmentAgroclimatic zonationData transportabilityEnvironmental risk assessmentGenetically engineered cropsRegulation

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PMID37278871
PMCPMC10409678

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