Biosafety of Forest Transgenic Trees Improving the Scientific Basis for Safe Tree Development and Implementation of EU Policy Directives /

This book provides up-to-date information on the environmental impact of transgenic trees on genetically modified tree (GMT) communication strategy. It is useful to public/private organisations as well as to private and public research bodies and universities worldwide since it reports on the global...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Vettori, Cristina (Editor ), Gallardo, Fernando (Editor ), Häggman, Hely (Editor ), Kazana, Vassiliki (Editor ), Migliacci, Fabio (Editor ), Pilate, Gilles (Editor ), Fladung, Matthias (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Forestry Sciences, 82
Temas:
Forestry.
Plant biotechnology.
Environmental monitoring.
Environmental sciences-Social aspects.
Plant Biotechnology.
Environmental Monitoring.
Environmental Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Genetic engineering - contribution to forest tree breeding efforts
  • New transformation technologies for trees
  • Lessons from 25 years of GM tree field trials in Europe and prospects for the future
  • Lessons from two decades of field trials with genetically modified trees in the USA: Biology and regulatory compliance
  • Specific environmental considerations for GM trees and guidance on their risk assessment and monitoring
  • Field trials with GM trees: A step-by-step approach
  • Soil effects of genetically-modified trees (GMTs)
  • Potential Environmental Impact of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Trees
  • Potential impacts of GM trees on the environment and on plant "omics": questionnaire-based responses
  • Approaches and tools for a socio-economic assessment of GM forest tree crops: Factors for consideration in Cost-Benefit Analyses
  • Public knowledge and perceptions of safety issues towards the use of genetically modified forest trees: A cross-country pilot survey
  • A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS' POTENTIAL PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS TRANSGENIC DERIVED FOREST PRODUCTS: THE GREEK CASE
  • Socio-economic considerations for decision making on GM tree cultivation
  • Value communication in the field of agri-food
  • The COST Action FP0905 experience on the Web: Web 2.0 and scientific dissemination.

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