Effects of agricultural activities and transgenic crops on agricultural biodiversity

Agricultural biodiversity is a key part of the ecosystem biodiversity, but it receives little concern. The monoculture, environmental pollution and habitat fragmentation caused by agricultural activities have threatened agricultural biodiversity over the past 50 years. To optimize agricultural manag...

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Published inYing yong sheng tai xue bao Vol. 25; no. 9; p. 2745
Main Authors Zhang, Xi-Tao, Luo, Hong-Bing, Li, Jun-Sheng, Huang, Hai, Liu, Yong-Bo
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.09.2014
Subjects
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Crops, Agricultural
Ecosystem
Environmental Pollution
Fertilizers
Pesticides
Plants, Genetically Modified
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Summary:Agricultural biodiversity is a key part of the ecosystem biodiversity, but it receives little concern. The monoculture, environmental pollution and habitat fragmentation caused by agricultural activities have threatened agricultural biodiversity over the past 50 years. To optimize agricultural management measures for crop production and environmental protection, we reviewed the effects of agricultural activities, including cultivation patterns, plastic mulching, chemical additions and the cultivation of transgenic crops, on agricultural biodiversity. The results showed that chemical pesticides and fertilizers had the most serious influence and the effects of transgenic crops varied with other factors like the specific transgene inserted in crops. The environmental risk of transgenic crops should be assessed widely through case-by-case methods, particularly its potential impacts on agricultural biodiversity. It is important to consider the protection of agricultural biodiversity before taking certain agricultu
ISSN:1001-9332