Public opinion is important for the success of a plant breeding practice. Currently, the relatively new practice of genomics-accelerated breeding is under development. From initial findings in research on consumer acceptance, it appears that people experience a strong link between genetic manipulation (GM) and genomics-accelerated breeding after hearing the name “genomics,” leading to an unfavourable evaluation of genomics-accelerated breeding. There are indications that when genomics is presented with the purpose of enhancing food production, the negative link with GM is perceived more readily than when it is presented for other purposes. In the current article, we conduct experiments with the purpose of studying the transference of unfavourable attitudes from GM to genomics-accelerated breeding. The main focus is to investigate if this transfer is influenced by the presented purpose of plant breeding, resp. enhancing food or biofuel production. The results show that universally respondents use their attitudes towards GM to evaluate genomics. In a culture where GM is perceived as controversial (Ukraine), more favourable attitudes towards both practices result when presenting GM in relation to biofuel rather than to food.

公众舆论对于植物育种实践的成功至关重要。当前，正在开发相对较新的基因组学加速育种实践。从有关消费者接受度的研究的初步发现来看，人们在听到“基因组学”的名称后，似乎在基因操纵（GM）和基因组学加速育种之间建立了紧密的联系，从而导致对基因组学加速育种的不利评价。有迹象表明，以提高粮食产量为目的提出基因组学时，与为其他目的而提出基因改造相比，人们更容易意识到与基因改造的负面联系。在当前的文章中，我们进行实验的目的是研究从转基因到基因组学加速育种的不利态度的转移。主要重点是研究这种转移是否受到植物育种的既定目的的影响。增强粮食或生物燃料生产。结果表明，普遍的受访者使用他们对GM的态度来评估基因组学。在一种被认为是转基因的有争议的文化中（乌克兰），当介绍与生物燃料而不是食品有关的转基因时，对两种做法都产生了更有利的态度。