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1
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% children with muscle wasting in relation to availability of cultivated land per household
Author and year

A

Nabarro (1981)

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Essay on increase in population versus increase in food supply
Author and year

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Malthus (1798)

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3
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Effect of technology on productivity

Author

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USDA

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Global status of commercialised biotech / GM crops in 2017

Author and year

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ISAAA (2017)

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Countries with the most GM

Author and year

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Clive James (2016)

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Palmer ameranth

Author and year

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Ward et al (2013)

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Palmer ameranth
Yield losses (cotton, soybean, maize, sorghum)
A

Cotton - 59%
Soybean - 79%
Maize - 91%
Sorghum - 63%

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Roundup ready soybean safety assessment report

Author and year

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ACNFP (1994)

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Data on pesticide reduction in GM crops

Author and year

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Barfoot and Brooks (2008)

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Glyphosate resistant palmer amaranth

Author and year

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Ward et al (2013)

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Amaranthus resistance

Journal and year

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PNAS (2010)

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GM stats

Authors and years

A

Brookes and Barfoot (2016)

James (2015)

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GM stats
How many countries grown in?
How many growers?
How many Ha of land?
Worth how much?
A

28 countries
18 million growers
180 million Ha
$18 billion

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GM stats

4 crops that makes up most GM production and % of each

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Soybean - 50%
Maize - 31%
Cotton - 13%
Canola - 4%

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15
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GM stats

Total GM that is herbicide tolerant

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65%

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16
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GM stats

Total GM that is insect resistant

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35%

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17
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Current GM control

Number of cases of pesticide accidental poisoning per year

A

26 million

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18
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Current GM control
% food production lost to weeds, pests and disease
% before harvest
% after

A

60%
Before - 40%
After - 20%

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Current GM control

Reduction of pesticides with insect resistance

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42%

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Bt toxin mode of action

Author and year

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Pardo-Lopez et al (2013)

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Bt toxin and areawide suppression

Author and year

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Hutchinson et al (2010)

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Bt stats

Author and year

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Brookes and Barfoot (2016)

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Bt stats
% Bt crops in US in 2014
Adoption rate in India
% yield increase in Burkina Faso
% pesticide reduction worldwide
A

US - 84%
India - 95%
Burkina Faso - 20%
Reduction - 20%

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Paper on GNA and rats

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Pusztai (1998)

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Tobacco fungus resistance from rice chitinase and alfalfa B-1,3 glucanase Author and year
Zhu et al (1994)
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Potato blight study | Author and year
Song et al (2003)
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Potato blight tomato study | Author and year
Jones et al (2014)
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Potato blight tomato study | Tuber yield in GM vs non-GM
GM - 6-13 kg | Non - 2-5 kg
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Fall armyworm GM resistance | Author and year
Monnerat et al (2015)
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Fall armyworm GM resistance | Bt gene
Cry1Fa
31
Transgenic pollen harms Monarch larvae | Author and year
Losey et al (1999)
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Grafting and GM - root stock and sion | Author and year
Shaharuddin et al (2006)
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Grafting and GM - root stock and sion - Arabidopsis | Author and year
Liang et al (2012)
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Viruses as vectors | Author and year
Rybicki (2014)
35
How RNA interference works | Author and year
Jiang (2013)
36
HIGS to target pests and pathogens | Author and year
Koch et al (2013)
37
RNAi rushing into technology without understanding | Author and year
Bailey (2014)
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CRISPR - wheat mildew resistance | Author and year
Wang et al (2014)
39
CRISPR - wheat mildew resistance | Susceptibility locus
MLO
40
Monsanto GM potato variety | Author and year
Solomon-Blackburn and Barker (2001)
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Potato reduction of SGAs | Author and year
Sawai et al (2014)
42
Tomato antisense polygalacturonase | Author and year
Nottingham Uni and Zeneca Smith et al (1988)
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Looking at other things to understand tomato ripening | Author and year
Giovannoni (2007)
44
Golden rice | Author and year
Beyer et al (2002)
45
Golden rice | Genes
Phytoene synthase Carotene desaturase Lycopene cyclase
46
Purple tomatoes | Author and year
Butelli et al (2008)
47
Purple tomatoes | Transcription factors and promoter
Del Ros1 P - E8
48
Altered fatty acids in oil crops | Journal and year
Nature Biotechnology (1999)
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Altered fatty acids in oil crops | Fatty acid and what used to get it
Stearate | Antisense of delta9 desaturase
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Tearless onion | Author and year
Eady et al (2008)
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Miraculin | Author and year
Hyenon-Jin Sun (2007)
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Plantibodies - IgG | Journal and year
Nature (1989)
53
Real applications of plantibodies | Journal and year
Science (1995)
54
Altering flower colour | Journal and year
Molecular Breeding (2000)
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Altering flower colour | Enzymes co-supressed to get blue
Chalcone synthase | Dihydroflavanol 4-reductase
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Altering flower colour | Enzymes co-supressed to get pink
Flavanoid 3,5-hydroxylase
57
Paper about steps to getting approval to start GM | Author and year
Gomez-Galera et al (2012)
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Criticisms of current EU rules | Author / title and date
Science and Committee of MPs Criticism of Current EU Rules | February 2015
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Criticisms of current EU rules | Criticisms
Assume GM crops are inherently more risky than non-GM Do not balance risks against potential benefits to the producer, the consumer and the environment Prevent EU states from making their won decisions
60
Higher yield farming helps nature? | Author and year
Phalan et al (2016)
61
RNA-based biocontrols | Author and year
San Miguel and Scott (2016)
62
Proposed regulatory framework set out by scientists | Author and year
Huang et al (2016)
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"Exogenous plant MIR168a specifically targets mammalian LDLRAP1: evidence of cross-kingdom regulation by microRNA" Author and year
Zhang et al (2012)
64
CP-MR - first reports | Author and year
Powell-Abel et al (1986)
65
Main scientific paper about risks of 35S promoter | Author and year
Mae Wan Ho et al (1999)
66
Sweet potato synergism | Author
Nick Fenby and NRI
67
Sweet potato synergism | Viruses
SPFMV | SPCSV
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AMCV antibody study | Author and year
Tavladoraki et al (1993)
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AMCV antibody study | Antibody
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