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Studies - Authors, Years, Facts Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Nabarro (1981)

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2
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Essay on increase in population versus increase in food supply
Author and year

A

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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4
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Global status of commercialised biotech / GM crops in 2017

Author and year

A

ISAAA (2017)

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5
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Countries with the most GM

Author and year

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Clive James (2016)

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6
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Palmer ameranth

Author and year

A

Ward et al (2013)

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7
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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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8
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Roundup ready soybean safety assessment report

Author and year

A

ACNFP (1994)

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9
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Data on pesticide reduction in GM crops

Author and year

A

Barfoot and Brooks (2008)

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10
Q

Glyphosate resistant palmer amaranth

Author and year

A

Ward et al (2013)

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11
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Amaranthus resistance

Journal and year

A

PNAS (2010)

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12
Q

GM stats

Authors and years

A

Brookes and Barfoot (2016)

James (2015)

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13
Q 
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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14
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GM stats

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

A

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

A

65%

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16
Q

GM stats

Total GM that is insect resistant

A

35%

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17
Q

Current GM control

Number of cases of pesticide accidental poisoning per year

A

26 million

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18
Q

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

A

60%
Before - 40%
After - 20%

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19
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Current GM control

Reduction of pesticides with insect resistance

A

42%

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20
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Bt toxin mode of action

Author and year

A

Pardo-Lopez et al (2013)

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21
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Bt toxin and areawide suppression

Author and year

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Hutchinson et al (2010)

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22
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Bt stats

Author and year

A

Brookes and Barfoot (2016)

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23
Q 
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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24
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Paper on GNA and rats

A

Pusztai (1998)

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25
Q

Tobacco fungus resistance from rice chitinase and alfalfa B-1,3 glucanase
Author and year

A

Zhu et al (1994)

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26
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Potato blight study

Author and year

A

Song et al (2003)

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27
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Potato blight tomato study

Author and year

A

Jones et al (2014)

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28
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Potato blight tomato study

Tuber yield in GM vs non-GM

A

GM - 6-13 kg

Non - 2-5 kg

29
Q

Fall armyworm GM resistance

Author and year

A

Monnerat et al (2015)

30
Q

Fall armyworm GM resistance

Bt gene

A

Cry1Fa

31
Q

Transgenic pollen harms Monarch larvae

Author and year

A

Losey et al (1999)

32
Q

Grafting and GM - root stock and sion

Author and year

A

Shaharuddin et al (2006)

33
Q

Grafting and GM - root stock and sion - Arabidopsis

Author and year

A

Liang et al (2012)

34
Q

Viruses as vectors

Author and year

A

Rybicki (2014)

35
Q

How RNA interference works

Author and year

A

Jiang (2013)

36
Q

HIGS to target pests and pathogens

Author and year

A

Koch et al (2013)

37
Q

RNAi rushing into technology without understanding

Author and year

A

Bailey (2014)

38
Q

CRISPR - wheat mildew resistance

Author and year

A

Wang et al (2014)

39
Q

CRISPR - wheat mildew resistance

Susceptibility locus

A

MLO

40
Q

Monsanto GM potato variety

Author and year

A

Solomon-Blackburn and Barker (2001)

41
Q

Potato reduction of SGAs

Author and year

A

Sawai et al (2014)

42
Q

Tomato antisense polygalacturonase

Author and year

A

Nottingham Uni and Zeneca Smith et al (1988)

43
Q

Looking at other things to understand tomato ripening

Author and year

A

Giovannoni (2007)

44
Q

Golden rice

Author and year

A

Beyer et al (2002)

45
Q

Golden rice

Genes

A

Phytoene synthase
Carotene desaturase
Lycopene cyclase

46
Q

Purple tomatoes

Author and year

A

Butelli et al (2008)

47
Q

Purple tomatoes

Transcription factors and promoter

A

Del
Ros1
P - E8

48
Q

Altered fatty acids in oil crops

Journal and year

A

Nature Biotechnology (1999)

49
Q

Altered fatty acids in oil crops

Fatty acid and what used to get it

A

Stearate

Antisense of delta9 desaturase

50
Q

Tearless onion

Author and year

A

Eady et al (2008)

51
Q

Miraculin

Author and year

A

Hyenon-Jin Sun (2007)

52
Q

Plantibodies - IgG

Journal and year

A

Nature (1989)

53
Q

Real applications of plantibodies

Journal and year

A

Science (1995)

54
Q

Altering flower colour

Journal and year

A

Molecular Breeding (2000)

55
Q

Altering flower colour

Enzymes co-supressed to get blue

A

Chalcone synthase

Dihydroflavanol 4-reductase

56
Q

Altering flower colour

Enzymes co-supressed to get pink

A

Flavanoid 3,5-hydroxylase

57
Q

Paper about steps to getting approval to start GM

Author and year

A

Gomez-Galera et al (2012)

58
Q

Criticisms of current EU rules

Author / title and date

A

Science and Committee of MPs Criticism of Current EU Rules

February 2015

59
Q

Criticisms of current EU rules

Criticisms

A

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
Q

Higher yield farming helps nature?

Author and year

A

Phalan et al (2016)

61
Q

RNA-based biocontrols

Author and year

A

San Miguel and Scott (2016)

62
Q

Proposed regulatory framework set out by scientists

Author and year

A

Huang et al (2016)

63
Q

“Exogenous plant MIR168a specifically targets mammalian LDLRAP1: evidence of cross-kingdom regulation by microRNA”

Author and year

A

Zhang et al (2012)

64
Q

CP-MR - first reports

Author and year

A

Powell-Abel et al (1986)

65
Q

Main scientific paper about risks of 35S promoter

Author and year

A

Mae Wan Ho et al (1999)

66
Q

Sweet potato synergism

Author

A

Nick Fenby and NRI

67
Q

Sweet potato synergism

Viruses

A

SPFMV

SPCSV

68
Q

AMCV antibody study

Author and year

A

Tavladoraki et al (1993)

69
Q

AMCV antibody study

Antibody

A

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