| Description |
xv, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 / 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 ... [et al.] -- European commercial genetically modified plantings and field trials / F. Ortego ... [et al.] -- 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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Transgenic plants -- Environmental aspects.
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Food -- Safety measures.
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Agricultural biotechnology.
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| Author |
Ferry, Natalie.
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Gatehouse, A. M. R.
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| LC no. |
2008028686 |
| ISBN |
9781845934095 (alk. paper) |
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1845934091 (alk. paper) |
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