Gene flow - coexistence between different crop types

The EU regulation demand that every farmer should be able to cultivate freely the crops they choose be it GM, conventional or organic. Therefore, information is needed as how to achieve this crop coexistence.

Our research focus on how to reduce gene dispersal from genetically modified crops to other crop types. Both experiments, monitoring and modelling are part of the research activities.

Current projects

Within the framework of the EU project SIGMEA (Sustainable Introduction of GM crops into European Agriculture; http://sigmea.dyndns.org/) and national research grants we have projects on:

• Gene flow between crop fields and between crops and wild relatives
• Dynamics of the seed soil bank, turnover of volunteer populations
• Purity of the certified seed lots
• Demography in selected Danish study areas

Presently Brassica, Avena, Trifolium and Lolium are among the studied crops