Data from: Detection of airborne genetically modified maize pollen by real-time PCR Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Silvia Folloni, Dafni-Maria Kagkli, Bojan Rajcevic, Nilson Guimarães, Fernando H Valicente, Bart Van Droogenbroeck, Guy Van den Eede, Marc Van den Bulcke
The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops has raised in the European Union and other parts of the world numerous concerns about their environmental and economic impact. Especially outcrossing of genetically modified organisms (GMO) was from the beginning a critical issue as airborne pollen has been considered an important way of GMO dispersal. Here, we investigate the use of airborne pollen sampling combined with microscopic analysis and molecular PCR analysis as an approach to monitor GM maize cultivations in a specific area. Field trial experiments in the European Union and South ...