RESEARCHES REGARDING SELECTIVENESS AND EFFICACY OF THE ROUNDUP READY HERBICIDE APPLIED TO THE DEKALB-493 CORN PR CROSS-BREED MODIFIED BASED ON THE GENETIC ENGINEERING

  • Iulian Sarpe Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Rural Development Bucharest
  • Floarea Bodescu Agricultural Research – Development Site Teleorman
  • N. Sarpe The Academy of Agricultural and Forest Science Bucharest
Keywords: Dekalb 493 Roundup Ready, genetically modified corn, Sorghum halepense

Abstract

Creating the corn, soybean, sugar beet, rape breed that resist the glyphosat represents a real SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION of the 20th century. Many authors as Weels, Rasche, Timmerman say the genetically modified plants represent no risk for the environment and for the human and animal health. In 2006, around 2 million ha were cultivated with genetically modified plants and no mortal case was found because of the genetically modified corn or soybean use. The European Union does not agree that genetically modified corn or soybean should be cultivated, but it imports genetically modified soy or corn grouts from the USA to breed the animals. It is an inexplicable paradox. The results of the experiments with Dekalb 493 PR hybrid are presented in the report and they are concerned with the selectiveness, efficacy and production of bobs. Also, the report mentions the timing and the optimum proportion for the Round up Ready herbicide to be used for the fighting of the annual and perennial weed, including Sorghum halepense.