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Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow in California Cotton Depends on Pollinator Activity

California Crop Improvement Association, One Shields Ave., Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616

^* Corresponding author (avandeynze{at}ucdavis.edu)

Many cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) pollination studies have been performed in the southern USA, but no data exist for California. In this study, we measured pollen-mediated gene flow (PGF) in four directions over 2 yr from herbicide-resistant source plots in upland cotton in the California cotton growing region and in a region with high pollinator activity. In addition, samples were taken from fields of conventional varieties at varying distances from fields planted with herbicide-resistant varieties to assess PGF under commercial production conditions. A seedling herbicide bioassay confirmed by DNA tests was used to measure PGF. PGF was independent of direction from the source plot and declined exponentially with increasing distance from 7.65% at 0.3 m to less than 1% beyond 9 m when there was high pollinator activity. In the absence of high pollinator (honeybee, Apis mellifera L.) populations, PGF was less than 1% beyond 1 m. Pollen flow in commercial fields was consistent with the experimental plot data, with only 0.04% PGF detected at 1625 m (1 mile). This study confirms that PGF decreases exponentially with distance in cotton grown under California conditions and is low in the absence of pollinators, although sporadic occurrence of PGF can be detected up to 1625 m.

Abbreviations: Bt, Bacillus thuringiensis • ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay • GUS, ß-glucuronidase • nptII, neomycin phosphotransferase II • PCR, polymerase chain reaction • PGF, pollen-mediated gene flow

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Crop Science 2005 45: vii. [Full Text]