Biotechnology and North American specialty crops
Subtitle: linking research, regulation, and stakeholders : proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual conference of the North American Agricultural Biotechnology Council, hosted by Texas A&M University, June 4-6, 2013
By: edited by Allan Eaglesham and Ralph W.F. Hardy
Contributors: Eaglesham, Allan; Hardy, Ralph W. F., 1934-; National Agricultural Biotechnology Council (U.S.)
Series: NABC report -- 25; NABC report -- 25.
Publisher: North American Agricultural Biotechnology Council
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Congresses; Specialty crops; Biotechnology; Law and legislation; Agriculture; Research
Description: "To foster discussion, NABC 25 was organized under five topics: [1] Opportunities and challenges for specialty crops; [2] Genetic engineering and specialty-crop improvement; [3] Case studies; [4] The regulatory process and technology access; and [5] Perspectives from relevant groups"--P. viii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Opportunities and challenges for specialty crops: Will they sell if developed?  -- Roger N. Beachy; title: Transgenic papaya story: Still a public-sector anomaly?  -- Dennis Gonsalves; title: Benefits of biotech specialty crops: The need for a new path forward  -- Tony Shelton; title: Potential concerns of different stakeholders to genetically engineered specialty crops  -- Gregory Jaffe; title: Orange juice: Will it be available to drink in the future (Agriculturally or commercially)?  -- Ricke Kress; title: Biotech and apples: Why they fit  -- Neal Carter; title: Bringing biotech potatoes to market  -- Haven Baker; title: Technology evolution in vegetables  -- John P. Purcell; title: Regulation of plant-incorporated protectants by the US Environmental Protection Agency  -- Chris A. Wozniak; title: Reflections of the past, present and future of USDA's regulation of agricultural biotechnology  -- David Heron; title: Ensuring food and feed safety: US food law and FDA's biotechnology consultation process  -- Robert I. Merker; title: The Canadian regulatory process for plants with novel traits  -- Patricia McAllister; title: Getting to Yes: How to achieve pre-market approval  -- Scott Thenell; title: Cultural shift: Innovation is a process  -- Peter Schuerman; title: Intellectual property for crop transformation: A continuing saga for agricultural innovation in the public sector  -- Alan Bennett; title: The "stacked" pipeline of biotech specialty crops and regulatory/market barriers to coexistence  -- Thomas P. Redick; title: Genetically engineered specialty crops need regulatory assistance  -- Alan McHughen; title: Specialty crops and human health impacts  -- Mary Ann Lila; title: Transforming modern agriculture through synthetic genomics -- Jim Flatt.