<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Field trials with the genetic modified (GM) maize stacked hybrid NK603 × MON810 performed in two different locations in the Czech Republic were used for evaluation of genetic diversity of rhizosphere bacterial communities using the terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism. Statistically significant differences in the number of terminal restriction fragments (i.e. bacterial richness) between GM and non-GM maize were not detected. Diversity indices (Gini-Simpson and Shannon’s) revealed higher bacterial diversity in non-GM sample from location Ivanovice na Hané and in the GM maize from location Probluz, but statistical significant differences between GM and non-GM samples were not detected. Additionally, using principal component analysis and cluster analysis, no substantial variation in the composition of bacterial communities between GM and conventional maize were observed but the differences among individual collection sites were recorded.</p></abstract>

Field trials with the genetic modified (GM) maize stacked hybrid NK603 × MON810 performed in two different locations in the Czech Republic were used for evaluation of genetic diversity of rhizosphere bacterial communities using the terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism. Statistically significant differences in the number of terminal restriction fragments (i.e. bacterial richness) between GM and non-GM maize were not detected. Diversity indices (Gini-Simpson and Shannon’s) revealed higher bacterial diversity in non-GM sample from location Ivanovice na Hané and in the GM maize from location Probluz, but statistical significant differences between GM and non-GM samples were not detected. Additionally, using principal component analysis and cluster analysis, no substantial variation in the composition of bacterial communities between GM and conventional maize were observed but the differences among individual collection sites were recorded.

Impact of Genetically Modified Stacked Maize NK603 × MON810 on the Genetic Diversity of Rhizobacterial Communities

National Agricultural and Food Centre – Research Institute of Plant Prod uction Piešťany, Slovak Republic

University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovak Republic

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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Field trials with the genetic modified (GM) maize stacked hybrid NK603 × MON810 performed in two different locations in the Czech Republic were used for...

Impact of Genetically Modified Stacked Maize NK603 × MON810 on the Genetic Diversity of Rhizobacterial Communities

Published Online: Feb 16, 2016

Page range: 139 - 148

Received: Jan 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agri-2015-0019

Keywords
bacterial community, genetically modified maize, NK603 × MON810, rhizosphere, stac ked hybrid, T-RFLP

© by Katarína Ondreičková

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Impact of Genetically Modified Stacked Maize NK603 × MON810 on the Genetic Diversity of Rhizobacterial Communities

Published Online: Feb 16, 2016

Page range: 139 - 148

Received: Jan 12, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agri-2015-0019

Keywordsbacterial community, genetically modified maize, NK603 × MON810, rhizosphere, stac ked hybrid, T-RFLP

© by Katarína Ondreičková

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
bacterial community, genetically modified maize, NK603 × MON810, rhizosphere, stac ked hybrid, T-RFLP