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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSAFETY IN RELATION TO GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS -- Production of Genetically Engineered Crops, Relationship to Conventional Plant Breeding, and Implications for Safety Assessment / Rebecca Grumet -- Environmental Issues Associated with Agricultural Production Systems / Kurt D. Thelen -- Environmental Biosafety Issues Associated with Genetically Engineered Crops / Karim M. Maredia -- Current Status of Genetically Engineered Crops and Assessment of Environmental Impacts / Hector Quemada -- Future Possible Genetically Engineered Crops and Traits and Their Potential Environmental Impacts / Alejandra Ferenczi -- pt. 2 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS -- Factors Influencing the Genetic Diversity of Plant Species and the Potential Impact of Transgene Movement / James F. Hancock -- Control and Monitoring of Gene Flow from Genetically Engineered Crops / Mark Halsey -- Evaluation of Potential Impacts of Genetically Engineered Plant-Incorporated Protectants on Non-Target Organisms / Robyn Rose -- Pests Resistant to Pesticides and Genetically Modified Crop Plants: Theory and Management / James J. Kells -- A Problem-Based Approach to Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered Crops / Hector Quemada -- pt. 3 REGULATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY -- The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Other International Regulations / Robert J. Frederick -- Systems to Regulate Genetically Engineered Plants: Similarities and Differences among Countries / Alejandra Ferenczi -- Bio-Innovations and the Economics of Biosafety Regulatory Decision Making and Design in Developing Countries / Patricia Zambrano -- pt. 4 FUTURE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- Risk-Benefit Communication for Transgenic Crops / Adrianne Massey -- Capacity Building in Biosafety / Kakoli Ghosh -- The Evolving International Regulatory Regime: Impact on Agricultural Development / Silvia Salazar. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010052158 |
| ISBN | 9781611860085 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1611860083 (cloth : alk. paper) |
