Environmental impact of genetically modified crops
By: edited by Natalie Ferry and Angharad M.R. Gatehouse.
Contributors: Ferry, Natalie.; Gatehouse, A. M. R.
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781845934095
Subjects: Transgenic plants -- Environmental aspects; Food -- Safety measures; Agricultural biotechnology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transgenic crops and their applications for sustainable agriculture and food security / Paul Christou and Teresa Capell; title: Environmental benefits of genetically modified crops / Martin G. Edwards and Guy M. Poppy; title: Developing a 21st century view of agriculture and the environment / David Pimentel and Maurizio G. Paoletti; title: Environmental risk assessment / Francesca G. Tencalla, Thomas E. Nickson and Monica Garcia-Alonso; title: Insect resistance to genetically modified crops / Bruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carrière; title: Resistance management of transgenic insect resistant crops: ecological factors / Ben Raymond and Denis Wright; title: Herbicide tolerant genetically modified crops: resistance management / Micheal D.K. Owen; title: Impact of insect-resistant transgenic crops on above ground non-target arthropods / Jörg Romeis ... [et al.]; title: Impact of genetically modified crops on pollinators / Louise A. Malone and Elisabeth P.J. Burgess; title: Impact of genetically modified crops on soil and water ecology / Ron Wheatley; title: Biodiversity and GM crops / Klaus Ammann; title: Potential wider impact: farmland birds / Mark J. Whittingham; title: Safety for human consumption / Richard H. Phipps; title: Biofuels: Jatropha curcas as a novel, non-edible oilseed plant for biodiesel / Ajay Kohli ... [et al.]; title: European commercial GM plantings and field trials / Félix Ortego ... [et al.]; title: Monitoring Bt resistance in the field: China as a case study / Kanglai He, Zhenying Wang, and Yongjun Zhang; title: Current status of crop biotechnology in Africa / Derick George; title: Agriculture, innovation and environment / Natalie Ferry and Angharad M.R. Gatehouse.