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Transgenic F1 produced higher biomass, lower seed number and weight and<br />

reproductive allocation than mustard and transgenic oilseed rape (Chapter 2.2). Herbici<strong>de</strong>-<br />

resistant BC1 was associated with greater plant and produced more seeds than their<br />

susceptible counterparts (Chapter 2.3). Insect-resistant plants produced higher plant fitness:<br />

higher biomass and seed weight and more seeds (Chapter 3.3). However, Bt-transgenic BC2<br />

showed similar fitness compared to susceptible BC2 when they were planted together in the<br />

presence of insects because of the protection of transgenic plants on non-transgenic plants<br />

(“halo effect”) (Chapter 3.4). The ancient introgressed wild radish plants did not show<br />

significant higher fitness but intermediate values compared with others (Chapter 4).<br />

Moreover, the fitness effects of transgenes were affected by other factors, such as<br />

morphological traits (seed size, flower color etc.), competition, herbivory, and resources<br />

availability. Large-see<strong>de</strong>d plants in transgenic oilseed rape showed higher plant fitness than<br />

small-see<strong>de</strong>d ones (Chapter 2). Ancient introgressed wild radish plants with white petal<br />

produced more seeds than plants with white petal (Chapter 4). Increased plant <strong>de</strong>nsity<br />

significantly <strong>de</strong>creased plant biomass and seed output (Chapter 2). Competition magnifyied<br />

the fitness advantage of the insect-resistant plants, but as their frequency increases,<br />

neighbor competition limits their growth. High resources availability and low herbivory<br />

induced compensatory growth in susceptible plants, and accordingly <strong>de</strong>creased the fitness<br />

differences between susceptible and resistant plants (Chapter 3.3). The mixed cultivation<br />

with Bt-transgenic plants and non-transgenic plants increased production of both transgenic<br />

and non-transgenic plants (Chapter 3.4).<br />

3. Population production<br />

Population equilibrium might be broken in case of the invasion of transgenic plants or the<br />

transferring of transgenes in wild populations because of the competition interaction<br />

between transgenic and non-transgenic plants. In long-term, population might diverge from<br />

others after successively introgression because of the trasgenes conferring new traits.<br />

The total vegetative and reproductive production of mixed populations of healthy<br />

and damaged plants was the same as that of pure populations of either plant type, but<br />

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