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herbivores than when exposed to Bt susceptible herbivores. The <strong>de</strong>crease in herbivore damage<br />

expected after gene flow from Bt Brassica crops (B. napus) to B. juncea is likely to result in<br />

greater vegetative and reproductive performance, and an increase in plant fitness compared to<br />

a wild B. juncea population that does not contain the insect-resistance trait.<br />

Fig. 3.2: S ilique number, biomass and seed numbers of plants with (CP) or without (NC)<br />

clipped l eaves a ccording t o t he clipping tr eatment ( CP, d ots a nd r ed lin e; N C, c ircles a nd<br />

dotted blue line)<br />

Fig. 3.2. Nombres <strong>de</strong> siliques, biomasse et nombre <strong>de</strong> semences <strong>de</strong>s plantes avec (CP) ou sans<br />

(NC) feuilles coupées selon la proportion <strong>de</strong> feuilles coupées sur chaque plante (CP, points et<br />

ligne rouge ; NC, cercle et ligne bleu)<br />

However, i n t he a bsence of he rbivore p ressure, t ransgenic pl ants m ight ha ve l ower<br />

fitness t han w ild pl ants be cause pr oducing t he B t pr otein c ould be c ostly for t he pl ant’s<br />

physiology. Low s eed pr oduction a nd low pol len f ertility h ave be en observed i n h ybrid<br />

material (Jorgensen and An<strong>de</strong>rsen 1994; Chèvre et al. 1997; Hauser et al. 1998; Pertl et al.<br />

2002), probably because of both the potential <strong>de</strong>leterious effects of hybridization and the cost<br />

of r esistance ex pression. T his que stion c annot be a ddressed i n our e xperiment. In addition,<br />

before i ntrogressed B. j uncea is pr oduced, t he t ransgene m ust b e t ransmitted t hrough<br />

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