ECOLOGICAL RISK OF GROWING TRANSGENIC POTATOES IN THE UNITED-STATES AND CANADA

Numerous concerns must be addressed before transgenic potatoes can be commercialized and grown in production agriculture. Among the most pro minent is escape and proliferation of transgenic cultivated potatoes a nd the introgression of transgenes into native wild species with subse quent potential for ecological disruption. Using available literature, a risk assessment was made of transgene escape and subsequent introgr ession into wild species growing within the geographical borders of th e United States and Canada.