Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 2, A Case Study of BT Cotton in Brazil.

Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 2, A Case Study of BT Cotton in Brazil.

Many international forums have identified the need for comprehensive, scientific methods for the pre-release testing and post-release monitoring of transgenic plants to ensure their environmental safety and sustainable use. In response to this requirement, a GMO Guidelines Project was established un...

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Main Author: Hilbeck, A.
Other Authors: Andow, David Alan, Fontes, E. M. G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford : CAB International, 2006.
Subjects:
Crops.
Agriculture.
farming (activity or system)
agriculture (discipline)
Agriculture
Crops
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Risk Assessment through the Case Study of Bt Cotton in Brazil; 2 The Cotton Agricultural Context in Brazil; 3 Consideration of Problem Formulation and Option Assessment for Bt Cotton in Brazil; 4 Transgene Expression and Locus Structure of Bt Cotton; 5 Methodology to Support Non-Target and Biodiversity Risk Assessment; 6 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Non-Target Herbivorous Pests; 7 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Pollinators and Flower-Visiting Insects.
  • 8 Assessing the Effects of Bt Cotton on Generalist Arthropod Predators9 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Parasitoids; 10 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts in Soil; 11 Assessing Gene Flow from Bt Cotton in Brazil and its Possible Consequences; 12 Resistance Risks of Bt Cotton and their Management in Brazil; 13 Supporting Risk Assessment of Bt Cotton in Brazil: Synthesis and Recommendations; Index.

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