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Abstract
There is a multitude of concerns about the impact of genetically modified
crops (GMC’s) on the environment. The main important enviromental assessment of
GM crops are putative invasiveness, vertical and/or horizontal gene flow, other
ecological mechanisms, effects on biodiversity and the impact of presence of GM
material in other products. These invetigations are all highly interdisciplinary and
complex issues. Deposite the potential benefits of this new technology to improve the
reliability and quality of the world food supply, public and scientific concerns have
been raised about the environmental and food safety of Gm crops. In these paper
same of most important problems related to the GM crops into the environment are
inspect such as; plant protection, ecological effects of HRCs, gene flow, biodiversity,
stress, effects on the soil ecosystem etc. Not enough scientific research has been done
to evaluate the environmental and health risks of GMC’s, an unfortunate trend. Most
scientists feel that such knowledge is crucial to have before biotechnological
innovations are implemented. There is a clear need to further assess the severity,
magnitude and scope of risks associated with the massive field deployment of
transgenic crops. The putative impacts identified for GMC’s are very similar to the
impacts of new cultivars derived from traditional breeding. When assessing GMC’s
relative to existing cultivars, the increased knowledge base underpinning the
development of GMC’s will provide greater confidence in the assurances plants
science can give on the risks of releasing such crops.