UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE THÈSE Yongbo LIU - Université de ...
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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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