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July 26, 2026GM crops & foodOpen Access

Long-term environmental risk assessment of glufosinate-tolerant GM zoysiagrass ( Zoysia japonica Steud.) on non-target arthropod communities

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YJY JangSOSung-Dug OhDKD H Kim

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Long-term trial evaluates ecological effects of glufosinate-tolerant zoysiagrass on arthropods, indicating environmental safety.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the ecological effects of glufosinate-tolerant GM zoysiagrass on non-target arthropod communities.
  • Conducted long-term field assessment at two distinct sites in South Korea
  • Collected and classified 528,796 arthropods into functional groups
  • Analyzed community composition using linear mixed-effects models and NMDS.
  • No significant treatment effects observed between GM zoysiagrass and non-GM controls (p > .05)
  • Year explained major variation in arthropod community structure (R2 = 0.640)
  • Post hoc analyses confirmed ecological comparability between treatments.

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Jang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a825d3aea3239cd78ad3https://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2026.2704431
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