GM RAPESEED : STATUS REPORT TO GCIRC TECHNICAL MEETING, POZNAN Melvyn F. Askew Central Science Laboratory York UK JUNE 2001 GMPoz 1

THIS PRESENTATION UPDATES POSTERS PREPARED BY MELVYN F. ASKEW FROM RESPONSES BY GCIRC COLLEAGUES ON GM RAPESEED FOR GCIRC CONGRESS, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA GMPoz 2

WHAT WAS THE GM POSITION IN 1999? AREAS TRAITS RATE OF GM INTRODUCTION GMPoz 3

GM RAPESEED 1999 CANADA HAD MOST GM RAPESEED COMMERCIALISED TRAITS WERE: 1. GLUFOSINATE TOLERANCE 2. GLYPHOSATE TOLERANCE 3. HYBRIDITY SYSTEM (GLUFOSINATE TOLERANCE + MALE STERILITY) (N.B. numbers above relate to next acetate) GNPoz 4

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GM TRAITS REPORTED FOR GCIRC CANBERRA H.T. GLUFOSINATE H.T. GLYPHOSATE HYBRIDITY SYSTEM HIGH LAURIC ACID GMPoz 6

WORLD RAPESEED PRODUCTION 1999 (Ha’s) 2 BLOCKS OF PRODUCERS - LARGE AREA = CANADA, AUSTRALIA, PRC, POLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, CZECH REP, UK - SMALL PRODUCERS = BELGIUM, ARGENTINA, SWITZERLAND, SLOVAK REP, JAPAN, FINLAND, DENMARK GMPoz 8

GM RAPESEED UPDATE : KEY ISSUES PUBLIC CONCERN - EUROPE, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, PRC PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE - USA, CANADA, INDIA INDIFFERENCE - SWEDEN GMPoz 11

CURRENT GM TRAITS 1. - FOR EARLY COMMERCIALISATION - GLUFOSINATE/HYBRIDITY SYSTEMS - GLYPHOSATE TOLERANCE + BROMOXYNIL TOLERANCE/CANADA (HIGH LAURIC ACID RAPESEED PRODUCTION HAS VIRTUALLY CEASED) 2. IN ADVANCED TRIALS - RESISTANCE TO POD SHATTER - RESISTANCE TO LEPTOSPHAERIA - +? GMPoz 12

AREA SOWN TO HERBICIDE TOLERANT (HT) CANOLA BY HERBICIDE TYPE AND PERCENT OF TOTAL CROP YearRoundupLibertyBroxTotal ha ………………………………………..’000 ha…………………………………… , , , , , ,8301,12305, *1, ,816 *GM% OF TOTAL CROP 56% GMPoz 13

TIMING OF GM RAPESEED INTRODUCTION CANADA AUSTRALIA EU-15 - NOT BEFORE 2003/5? SWITZERLAND - > 5 YEARS PRC - > 5 YEARS POLAND - > 5 YEARS CZECH REPUBLIC - WITHIN 5 YEARS GMPoz 14

CURRENT COMMERCIAL RAPESEED AREAS (HARVEST 2001) (000ha) Australia1,250 Belgium7 Canada3,754 Czech R350 Denmark90 France1,120 Germany1,100 Italy100 Japan0.3 PRC>7,000 Polandc.500 Sweden45 Switzerland16 UK437 GMPoz 15

CONCLUSIONS GM TRAITS ARE FOCUSSING ON HT AGRONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS WILL FORM THE NEXT TRANCHE OF GM’S GENERAL TREND OF CONCERN ABOUT GM’S PRODUCTION AREAS ABOUT ON TARGET ALLOWING FOR WEATHER GMPoz 16

THE AUTHOR WISHES TO THANK ALL COLLEAGUES WHO RESPONDED TO HIS QUERIES FOR THIS SUMMARY GMPoz 17