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VRTP IMPACT is a research project funded by the European Commission. The goal is to evaluate the impact of virus resistant plants on the environment.

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Illustrated experiments

Mapping the sites of recombination between Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Tomato aspermy virus (TAV) in non-transgenic tobacco.
(INRA-Versailles, France)

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Inoculation of 96 plants with both CMV and TAV.

Putative recombinants were detected by RT-PCR amplification.

Localisation of the recombination sites detected in the central part of RNA3 in plants infected with CMV and TAV.

The potential impact of a virus resistance transgene on wild/weed beet.
(RWTH-Aachen, Germany)

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Natural weed beet field

Transgenic weed beet field test site

Transgenic weed beet field test site
Wild beet habitat
(Baltic sea, Germany)
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