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Biotech Approaches to Overcome the Limitations of Using Transgenic Plants in Organic Farming

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  • Luca Lombardo

    (Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Italian National Research Council, 80055 Portici, Italy)

  • Samanta Zelasco

    (Olive Growing and Olive Oil Industry Research Centre, Agricultural Research Council, 87036 Rende, Italy)

Abstract

Organic farming prohibits the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) inasmuch as their genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. In actual fact, there is a conventional identity between GMOs and transgenic organisms, so that genetic modification methods such as somatic hybridization and mutagenesis are equalized to conventional breeding. A loophole in this system is represented by more or less innovative genetic engineering approaches under regulatory discussion, such as cisgenesis, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, and antisense technologies, that are redefining the concept of GMOs and might circumvent the requirements of the GMO legislation and, indirectly, of organic farming.

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  • Luca Lombardo & Samanta Zelasco, 2016. "Biotech Approaches to Overcome the Limitations of Using Transgenic Plants in Organic Farming," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:8:y:2016:i:5:p:497-:d:70475
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