Environmental impact of genetically modified crops

Environmental impact of genetically modified crops / edited by Natalie Ferry and Angharad M.R. Gatehouse.

The genetic modification of crops is a subject of intense debate, and opinions are often strongly polarised. This book addresses the major concerns of scientists, policy makers, environmental lobby groups and the general public regarding this controversial issue.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ferry, Natalie, Gatehouse, A. M. R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2009.
Subjects:
Transgenic plants > Environmental aspects.
Food > Safety measures.
Agricultural biotechnology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Man.
Plants.
Biotechnology.
Environmental impact.
Feeds.
Food safety.
Food supply.
Genetic transformation.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Nontarget effects.
Nontarget organisms.
Resistance management.
Resource management.
Risk assessment.
Soil resources.
Sustainability.
Transgenic plants.
Water resources.
Organismes génétiquement modifiés.
Sécurité alimentaire.
Biotechnologie.
Recherche agricole.
Effets sur l'environnement.
Analyse des risques.
Agricultural biotechnology
Food > Safety measures
Umweltschutz
Kulturpflanzen
Transgene Pflanzen
Landwirtschaft
Plantes transgéniques > Aspect de l'environnement.
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Table of Contents:
  • Transgenic crops and their applications for sustainable agriculture and food security / P. Christou and T. Capell
  • Environmental benefits of genetically modified crops / M.G. Edwards and G.M. Poppy
  • Developing a 21st century view of agriculture and the environment / D. Pimentel and M.G. Paoletti
  • Environmental risk assessment / F.G. Tencalla, T.E. Nickson and M. Garcia-Alonso
  • Insect resistance to genetically modified crops / B.E. Tabashnik and Y. Carrière
  • Resistance management of transgenic insect resistant crops : ecological factors / B. Raymond and D.J. Wright
  • Herbicide-tolerant genetically modified crops : resistance management / M.D.K. Owen
  • Impact of insect-resistant transgenic crops on above-ground non-target arthropods / J. Romeis [and others]
  • Impact of genetically modified crops on pollinators / L.A. Malone and E.P.J. Burgess
  • Impact of genetically modified crops on soil and water ecology / R. Wheatley
  • Biodiversity and genetically modified crops / K. Ammann
  • Potential wider impact : farmland birds / M.J. Whittingham
  • Safety for human consumption / R.H. Phipps
  • Biofuels : Jatropha curcas as a novel, non-edible oilseed plant for biodiesel / A. Kohli [and others]
  • European commercial genetically modified plantings and field trials / F. Ortego [and others]
  • Monitoring Bt resistance in the field : China as a case study / K. He, Z. Wang, and Y. Zhang
  • Current status of crop biotechnology in Africa / D. George
  • Agriculture, innovation and environment / N. Ferry and A.M.R. Gatehouse.

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