Genes on the menu : facts for knowledge-based decisions /
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| Author / Creator: | Pechan, Paul. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2005. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 217 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8875914 |
Table of Contents:
- Basic facts about GM crops / Paul Pechan
- History and uses of plant biotechnology / Andrzej Czaplicki, Jaroslava Ovesna, Gert E. de Vries
- Herbicide tolerance / Janusz Zimny, Gert E. de Vries
- Insect resistance in crop plants / Gert E. de Vries
- Virus resistance / Ervin Balazs, Paul Pechan
- GM crops in the USA and Europe: what farm level benefits might be expected? / Anne-Katrin Bock
- Environmental issues and problems associated with genetically modified plants / Gert E. de Vries, Jaroslava Ovesna
- From a research proposal to a product / Paul Pechan
- Genetically modified products: intellectual property issues / Gert E. de Vries
- GMO traceability and labelling regulations / Paul Pechan
- Plant biotechnology and its regulation in Central and Eastern Europe / Paul Pechan, Ervin Balazs
- Genetically modified plants and risk analysis / Anne-Katrin Bock
- Monitoring of GMOs / Paul Pechan, Ervin Balazs
- Implications of the GMO labelling and traceability legislations / Paul Pechan
- Precautionary principle / Paul Pechan
- Public perception of GM crops / Paul Pechan, Giorgos Sakellaris, Anne-Katrin Bock
- Communication strategies in biotechnology / Paul Pechan, Giorgos Sakellaris
- Communicating risk / Paul Pechan, Giorgos Sakellaris
- The morality and ethics of GMOs / Paul Pechan
- Second generation GM plant products / Gert E. de Vries
- Third generation of GM plants: biofactories / Anne-Katrin Bock, Janusz Zimny
- Biotechnology for food and agriculture: global issues / Gert E. de Vries.