Environmental impact of genetically modified crops /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ferry, Natalie (Editor), Gatehouse, A. M. R. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
Subjects:	Agricultural biotechnology. Food > Safety measures. Transgenic plants > Environmental aspects. Feed Composition and Quality. Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology. Food Economics, (New March 2000) Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Land Resources. Pesticide and Drug Residues and Ecotoxicology, (New March 2000) Pesticide and Drug Resistance. Plant Breeding and Genetics. Supply, Demand and Prices. Water Resources. Biotechnology. Environmental impact. Feeds. Food safety. Food supply. Genetic transformation. Genetically engineered organisms. Man. Nontarget effects. Nontarget organisms. Plants. Resistance management. Resource management. Risk assessment. Soil resources. Sustainability. Transgenic plants. Water resources. Electronic books.
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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, M. Meissle, A. Raybould and R.L. Hellmich
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 / Professor 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, M. Raorane, S. Popluechai, U. Kannan, J.K. Syers and A.G. O'Donnell
European commercial genetically modified plantings and field trials / F. Ortego, X. Pons, R. Albajes and P. Castañera
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.