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1 KI-NA-24473-EN-C. European European Food, Agriculture &. Commission Research Area Fisheries & Biotechnology A decade of EU-funded GMO research (2001 - 2010). This publication summarises the results of 50 selected research projects on genetically modified organisms (GMO), co-funded by the European Commission A decade of under the Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation, and conducted in the period 2001 - 2010, EU-funded including a summary of the latest Eurobarometer survey 2010 on Life Sciences and Biotechnology. GMO research The projects presented here address areas of major public concern in relation to GMO: environmental impact of GMOs, food safety aspects, risk assessment (2001 - 2010). of GMOs and risk management and finally aspects of genetic modification of plants and/or microorganisms related to biomass and biofuel production.

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5 Chapter 1. Environmental Impacts of GMO 19. European Rice: Transgenes for crop protection against fungal diseases 24. [ EURICE ]. Making plants resistant to plant parasitic nematodes: No access No feeding 28. [ NONEMA ]. Evaluating new traits for potato in the Central Andes with an appropriate poverty focus 34. [ POTATO TRAITS FOR AN ]. Assessment of the environmental and agronomic appropriateness 38. of Bt transgenic cotton in small-producer IPM systems in China [ COTRAN ]. An ecologically safe selection system for transgenic crops based on modified plant-tubulin genes 40. [ ECOTUB ]. Biosafety research directed at more sustainable food production 44. [ ECOSAFE ]. Ciliates as monitors for environmental safety of GMO 48. [ CIMES ]. Effects and mechanisms of Bt transgenes on biodiversity of non-target insects: 52.

6 Pollinators, herbivores and their natural enemies [ BT-BIONOTA ]. Impact of three selected biotechnological strategies for potato pathogen control 58. on the indigenous soil microbiota [ POTATOCONTROL ]. Testing integrated GM-rhizoremediation systems for soil bioremediation 62. [ RHIZOREMEDIATION ]. Developing wheat with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency 64. towards a sustainable system of production [ SUSTAIN ]. Analysis of geneflow from crop to wild forms in lettuce and chicory and 68. its population-ecological consequences in the context of GM-crop biosafety [ ANGEL ]. Gene flow from transgenic plants: evaluation and biotechnology 72. [ TRANSBAC ]. Protecting the benefits of Bt-toxins from insect resistance development 76. by monitoring and management [ PROBENBT ]. 5. Development and risk assessment of a field-based portable 82.

7 Biosensor using genetically modified bioluminescent bacteria [ BIOGEM ]. Environmental impact assessment of transgenic grapevines 86. and plums on the diversity and dynamics of virus populations [ TRANSVIR ]. Control of flowering time for sustainable and competitive agriculture and forestry 90. [ CONFLOW ]. Soil ecological and economic evaluation of genetically modified crops 98. [ ECOGEN ]. Developing efficient and stable biological containment systems for genetically modified plants 106. [ TRANSCONTAINER ]. Sustainable introduction of GM crops to European agriculture 112. [ SIGMEA ]. Acquired environmental epigenetics advances: from Arabidopsis to maize 124. [ AENEAS ]. Chapter 2. GMO and Food Safety 127. New technology in food science facing the multiplicity of new released GMOs 134. [ GMOCHIPS ]. Safety evaluation of horizontal gene transfer from genetically modified 138.

8 Organisms to the microflora of the food chain and human gut [ GMOBILITY ]. European network on safety assessment of genetically modified food crops 142. [ ENTRANSFOOD ]. Reliable, standardised, specific, quantitative detection of genetically modified food 150. [ QPCRGMOFOOD ]. New methods for the safety testing of transgenic food 154. [ SAFOTEST ]. New methodologies for assessing the potential of unintended effects 158. in genetically modified food crops [ GMOCARE ]. Expression profiles as fingerprints for the safety evaluation 164. of new strains, including GMOs used in bioprocessed food [ EXPRESS FINGERPRINTS ]. Development of a capacitance-based immunodetection analyser for the assay of GMOs in foods 170. [ IMAGEMO ]. Quantitative risk assessment strategies for novel foods 174. [ NOFORISK ]. Biomarkers for post-market monitoring of short- and long-term effects 178.

9 Of genetically modified organisms on animal and human health [ GMSAFOOD ]. 6. Chapter 3. GMOs for biomaterials and biofuels . 181. Emerging technologies Industrial crops producing added-value oils for novel chemicals 186. [ ICON ]. Enhancing poplar traits for energy applications 188. [ ENERGYPOPLAR ]. Rational design of plant systems for sustainable generation 190. of value-added industrial products [ SMARTCELL ]. Systematic analysis of factors controlling meiotic recombination in higher plants 192. [ MEIOSYS ]. Recombination: an old and new tool for plant breeding 194. [ RECBREED ]. Plant terpenoids for human health: a chemical and genomic approach 196. to identify and produce bioactive compounds [ TERPMED ]. Improving plant cell walls for use as a renewable industrial feedstock 198. [ RENEWAL ]. EU-based production and exploitation of alternative rubber and latex sources 200.

10 [ EU-PEARLS ]. Plant production of vaccines 202. [ PLAPROVA ]. Chapter 4. Risk assessment and management . 205. Policy support and communication Virus-resistant transgenic plants: ecological impact of gene flow 212. [ VRTP IMPACT ]. Results and perspectives on the coexistence and traceability of GM and non-GM supply chains 216. [ CO-EXTRA ]. A European initiative to enhance communication regarding GMO biosafety research 224. [ GMO RES COM ]. Global involvement of public research scientists in regulations of biosafety 228. and agricultural biotechnology [ SCIENCE 4 BIOREG ]. Promoting food safety through a new integrated risk analysis approach for foods 232. [ SAFE FOODS ]. Do European consumers buy GMO foods? 240. [ CONSUMERCHOICE ]. Biosafety Research Communication Network 246. [ BIOSAFENET ]. Pilot study on innovative approaches to public communication 252.