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Date November 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 19N.3.SL.TZ0.b
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19N.3.SL.TZ0.b

A study was carried out in Brazil on the transfer of pollen (cross-pollination) from transgenic strains to non-transgenic strains of soybean (Glycine max). The transgenic crop was resistant to the herbicide glyphosate. The graph below shows the percentage of cross-pollination between transgenic and non-transgenic crops in fields separated by different distances.

[Source: S Abud, et al., (2007), Gene flow from transgenic to nontransgenic soybean plants in the Cerrado region of Brazil,
Genetics and Molecular Research, 6 (2), pages 445–452]

Using the data, suggest one recommendation to farmers who plant transgenic soybeans.

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separate fields by at least 5m because at this distance no cross pollination occurs ✔

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