Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms . Volume 4 Challenges and opportunities with bt cotton in Vietnam / / edited by A. Hilbeck and D.A. Andow

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446326103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, Oxforshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-70742-2; 9786611707422; 1-84593-228-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations (some colour), colour maps
• Altri autori (Persone): AndowDavid Alan; HilbeckA (Angelika)
• Disciplina: 631.5233
• Soggetti: Corn - Genetic engineering - Kenya; Crops - Genetic engineering - Environmental aspects; Transgenic plants - Risk assessment
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Challenges and Opportunities with GM Crops in Vietnam: the Case of Bt Cotton -- 2. Cotton Production in Vietnam -- 3. Consideration of Problem Formulation and Option Assessment (PFOA) for Environmental Risk Assessment: Bt Cotton in Vietnam -- 4. Transgene Locus Structure and Expression -- 5. Non-target and Biological Diversity Risk Assessment -- 6. Potential Effect of Transgenic Cotton on Non-target Herbivores in Vietnam -- 7. Invertebrate Predators in Bt Cotton in Vietnam: Techniques for Prioritizing Species and Developing Risk Hypotheses for Risk Assessment -- 8. Potential Effects of Transgenic Cotton on Non-target Insect Parasitoids in Vietnam -- 9. Potential Effects of Transgenic Cotton on Flower Visitors in Vietnam -- 10. Potential Effects of Transgenic Cotton on Soil Ecosystem Processes in Vietnam -- 11. Environmental Risks Associated with Gene Flow from Transgenic Cotton in Vietnam -- 12. Resistance Risk Assessment and Management for Bt Cotton in Viernam -- 13. Challenges and Opportunities with Bt Cotton in Vietnam: Synthesis and ; Recommendations.
• Sommario/riassunto: Synthesises information relevant to GM crops in Vietnam, taking Bt cotton as an example. This book enables Vietnamese scientists to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of Bt cotton varieties prior to commercialization, and provides guidance for environmental risk assessment of various transgenic crops.