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plant growth was evaluated without taking into consi<strong>de</strong>ration the competition among plants of<br />

different s eed s izes. T he ef fect o f s eed s ize w as o nly o bserved i n t he f ield at e arly<br />

establishment un<strong>de</strong>r direct-sowing of seeds.<br />

Transgenic OSR and wild B. juncea and their hybrids were employed in this study to<br />

test d ifferent p erformance b etween s mall-see<strong>de</strong>d h ybrids an d l arger-see<strong>de</strong>d on es un<strong>de</strong> r<br />

competition with ea ch o ther. OSR i s an an nual crop s pecies, p referentially s elf-compatible,<br />

but outcrossing ranges from 12 to 47% (Becker et al. 1992). Both insect and wind-pollination<br />

occurs and pl ants have t he potential to establish outsi<strong>de</strong> cultivation (Timmons et al. 1995).<br />

Besi<strong>de</strong>s t he di spersal of a bundant pol len ( Lavigne et a l. 1998), pods s hattering be fore, or<br />

spilling during, ha rvest encourage s eeds t o e nter i nto t he s eed ba nk. S econdary dor mancy<br />

results i n t he pot ential s urvival i n s eed ba nks f or years (Gul<strong>de</strong>n et a l. 2003). T hese s eeds<br />

potentially give rise to volunteers in the subsequent years that are either a source or a recipient<br />

of transgene introgression events, facilitating transgene escape (Pivard et al. 2008). B. juncea,<br />

an allotetraploid wild relative species, is frequently found as a weed and a ru<strong>de</strong>ral component<br />

of r oadsi<strong>de</strong>s a nd w aste pl aces i n C hina. H ybrids a nd s ubsequent ba ckcross g enerations<br />

between B. napus and wild B. juncea were successfully obtained by open pollination (Frello<br />

et a l. 1995; B ing et a l. 1996; S ong et a l. 2007; L iu et a l. 2010). T he r elatively high<br />

compatibility between B. napus and wild B. juncea raises the biosafety concern of transgene<br />

introgression.<br />

In this study, we focus on components of plant fitness of different seed size categories<br />

in t he a gro-ecosystem and t heir i nteraction w ith t ransgene i ntrogression. T he w ork w as<br />

conducted in condition of plant competition at different plant <strong>de</strong>nsities.<br />

Materials and methods<br />

Plants<br />

Wild brown mustard (Brassica juncea var. gracilis, 2n = 36, AABB), transgenic oilseed rape<br />

(B. napus cv. W estar, 2 n = 38, AACC) a nd t he non-transgenic O SR pa rent ( Westar) w ere<br />

grown. S eeds of w ild br own m ustard or iginated f rom a l ocal f ield c ollection, pr ovi<strong>de</strong>d b y<br />

Nanjing Agricultural University, China. Brassica napus cv. ‘Westar’, a spring type OSR, was<br />

transformed w ith t he pS AM 12 pl asmid c ontaining genetically l inked G FP a nd B t C ry1Ac<br />

cassettes r egulated b y i n<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt C aMV 35S promoters ( Halfhill et a l. 2001). T he t hird<br />

generation of the progenies of transgenic event 1 (GT) was used in this study (Di et al. 2009).<br />

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