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3. A brief analysis of general data | MON89034 x NK603 application in India | 13contained and defined environmental conditions including various biotic or abiotic stressors (similarlike a ‘stress test’). Further, there should be a comparison between the sprayed and the non-sprayed geneticallyengineered plants since the metabolism of the herbicide can also impact plants composition.Agronomic performanceCroon et al., (2000) Heck et al. (2005) report some data on agronomical performance such as plantgrowth and development, yield, plant and ear morphology, plant health and pest susceptibility. Theinvestigations were conducted with the involvement of Monsanto.It appears that no raw data from these investigations were submitted to the Indian authorities, so theonly source of evaluation of this issue is a table with some results in Heck et al., (2005) and Croon etal. (2000). The data are not coherent, since Croon et al. (2000) report significant differences betweenthe NK603 and its isogenic line that are not mentioned by Heck et al., 2005. Further, Thomaset al., (2004) which seems to be one of the very rare independent publications on NK603 that wereforwarded to the Indian authorities, reports a reduced viability and a reduced amount of pollen if theplants were sprayed with glyphosate. Contrary to these findings Heck et al., (2005) claim that there isno difference in pollen shed.