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Cisgenic crops : potential and prospects / / Anurag Chaurasia and Chittaranjan Kole, editors
| Cisgenic crops : potential and prospects / / Anurag Chaurasia and Chittaranjan Kole, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 631.5233 |
| Collana | Concepts and strategies in plant sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Crops - Genetic engineering
Transgenic plants Organic farming |
| ISBN | 3-031-06628-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910584480703321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Emerging consequences of biotechnology [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity loss and IPR issues / / Krishna Dronamraju
| Emerging consequences of biotechnology [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity loss and IPR issues / / Krishna Dronamraju |
| Autore | Dronamraju Krishna R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural biotechnology
Transgenic plants Agrobiodiversity |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-92788-0
9786611927882 981-277-501-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Foreword by M. S. Swaminathan; Contents; Introduction; Biotechnology and Biodiversity; Causes for Declining Agrobiodiversity; Benefits of Agricultural Biodiversity; Toxic Effects; Chapter 1 Impact of GM Crops on Biodiversity and the Environment; An Avalanche of Bans and Rulings Strikes GM Crops Worldwide; Thirty Years of GMOs Are More than Enough (Ho 2007); Potential Hazards of GMOs; DuPont in India; Strong Suspicions of Toxicity in One GMO Corn; Ecological Impacts of GM Cotton on Soil Biodiversity
Below ground production of Bt by GM cotton and Bt cotton impacts on soil biological processesThe U.K. Farm Scale Trials; Gene Transfer; Gene Flow; Impact of Agriculture on Biodiversity; Meta-analysis of Bt Cotton and Maize on Non-target Insects; Chapter 2 Biodiversity Loss; How Many Species Are Threatened?; IUCN Red List 2007; Species Loss Is Our Loss; Causes of Extinction; Contrary View; Habitat Destruction; Hotspots; Population Size and Forests; Human Activities and Ecosystem Damage; Does Biodiversity Increase with Global Warming?; The RED (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation) Plan BioprospectingCollectors and the Users; Benefit Sharing; The Philippines; Latin America; Africa; Australia; Habitat Loss; Fragmentation; Depletion of Wild Habitat; Invasive Species; Biofuels; India; World Bank Data; China; China and India; Threat to European Mammals: IUCN Report; Marine Conservation; Chapter 3 Bioprospecting or Biopiracy?; Biopiracy; South America; Globalization; Ancient Knowledge; North-South Debate; Other Examples; Colonial Criminals; Biopiracy and the Role of International Agricultural Research Centers; Rockefeller Foundation; Patentability; Contrast Broad Patents on PlantsHibberd Patent; Impact of Patenting on Agriculture; Industrialized Agriculture; Chapter 4 Global Appeal Against Patents on Conventional Seeds and Crops; Challenging Industrial Patents; Global Prohibition of Patents; Biopiracy, Crops, and Seeds; Some Important Disputed Patents; Corn; EPO Reconsiders DuPont Patent on Maize; Syngenta's Rice Monopolies; Genome Monopoly; Wheat; Biopiracy; Farmers' Organizations; Soybean; Monsanto's Patent Application; Biopiracy; Primates; Impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on Agricultural Biodiversity; Golden Rice Chapter 5 Patenting LifeBiopiracy; Neem Patent Controversy; Plagiarism or Innovation?; Landmark Victory in World's First Case Against Biopiracy; The Basmati Rice Controversy; TRIPs; Protecting Farmers, Freeing the Breeders; IPRs, TRIPs, and CBD; TWN; Relationship Between CBD and TRIPs; Globalization under WTO Has Become Global Robbery; Terminator Technology; Gene Patenting: Pros and Cons; Pacific Region; Gene Patents Jeopardize Gene Testing; IPR and Developing Countries; Patenting Life; Chapter 6 Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453634603321 |
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Emerging consequences of biotechnology [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity loss and IPR issues / / Krishna Dronamraju
| Emerging consequences of biotechnology [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity loss and IPR issues / / Krishna Dronamraju |
| Autore | Dronamraju Krishna R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural biotechnology
Transgenic plants Agrobiodiversity |
| ISBN |
1-281-92788-0
9786611927882 981-277-501-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Foreword by M. S. Swaminathan; Contents; Introduction; Biotechnology and Biodiversity; Causes for Declining Agrobiodiversity; Benefits of Agricultural Biodiversity; Toxic Effects; Chapter 1 Impact of GM Crops on Biodiversity and the Environment; An Avalanche of Bans and Rulings Strikes GM Crops Worldwide; Thirty Years of GMOs Are More than Enough (Ho 2007); Potential Hazards of GMOs; DuPont in India; Strong Suspicions of Toxicity in One GMO Corn; Ecological Impacts of GM Cotton on Soil Biodiversity
Below ground production of Bt by GM cotton and Bt cotton impacts on soil biological processesThe U.K. Farm Scale Trials; Gene Transfer; Gene Flow; Impact of Agriculture on Biodiversity; Meta-analysis of Bt Cotton and Maize on Non-target Insects; Chapter 2 Biodiversity Loss; How Many Species Are Threatened?; IUCN Red List 2007; Species Loss Is Our Loss; Causes of Extinction; Contrary View; Habitat Destruction; Hotspots; Population Size and Forests; Human Activities and Ecosystem Damage; Does Biodiversity Increase with Global Warming?; The RED (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation) Plan BioprospectingCollectors and the Users; Benefit Sharing; The Philippines; Latin America; Africa; Australia; Habitat Loss; Fragmentation; Depletion of Wild Habitat; Invasive Species; Biofuels; India; World Bank Data; China; China and India; Threat to European Mammals: IUCN Report; Marine Conservation; Chapter 3 Bioprospecting or Biopiracy?; Biopiracy; South America; Globalization; Ancient Knowledge; North-South Debate; Other Examples; Colonial Criminals; Biopiracy and the Role of International Agricultural Research Centers; Rockefeller Foundation; Patentability; Contrast Broad Patents on PlantsHibberd Patent; Impact of Patenting on Agriculture; Industrialized Agriculture; Chapter 4 Global Appeal Against Patents on Conventional Seeds and Crops; Challenging Industrial Patents; Global Prohibition of Patents; Biopiracy, Crops, and Seeds; Some Important Disputed Patents; Corn; EPO Reconsiders DuPont Patent on Maize; Syngenta's Rice Monopolies; Genome Monopoly; Wheat; Biopiracy; Farmers' Organizations; Soybean; Monsanto's Patent Application; Biopiracy; Primates; Impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on Agricultural Biodiversity; Golden Rice Chapter 5 Patenting LifeBiopiracy; Neem Patent Controversy; Plagiarism or Innovation?; Landmark Victory in World's First Case Against Biopiracy; The Basmati Rice Controversy; TRIPs; Protecting Farmers, Freeing the Breeders; IPRs, TRIPs, and CBD; TWN; Relationship Between CBD and TRIPs; Globalization under WTO Has Become Global Robbery; Terminator Technology; Gene Patenting: Pros and Cons; Pacific Region; Gene Patents Jeopardize Gene Testing; IPR and Developing Countries; Patenting Life; Chapter 6 Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782317203321 |
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Dronamraju Krishna R
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Emerging consequences of biotechnology [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity loss and IPR issues / / Krishna Dronamraju
| Emerging consequences of biotechnology [[electronic resource] ] : biodiversity loss and IPR issues / / Krishna Dronamraju |
| Autore | Dronamraju Krishna R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural biotechnology
Transgenic plants Agrobiodiversity |
| ISBN |
1-281-92788-0
9786611927882 981-277-501-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgments; Foreword by M. S. Swaminathan; Contents; Introduction; Biotechnology and Biodiversity; Causes for Declining Agrobiodiversity; Benefits of Agricultural Biodiversity; Toxic Effects; Chapter 1 Impact of GM Crops on Biodiversity and the Environment; An Avalanche of Bans and Rulings Strikes GM Crops Worldwide; Thirty Years of GMOs Are More than Enough (Ho 2007); Potential Hazards of GMOs; DuPont in India; Strong Suspicions of Toxicity in One GMO Corn; Ecological Impacts of GM Cotton on Soil Biodiversity
Below ground production of Bt by GM cotton and Bt cotton impacts on soil biological processesThe U.K. Farm Scale Trials; Gene Transfer; Gene Flow; Impact of Agriculture on Biodiversity; Meta-analysis of Bt Cotton and Maize on Non-target Insects; Chapter 2 Biodiversity Loss; How Many Species Are Threatened?; IUCN Red List 2007; Species Loss Is Our Loss; Causes of Extinction; Contrary View; Habitat Destruction; Hotspots; Population Size and Forests; Human Activities and Ecosystem Damage; Does Biodiversity Increase with Global Warming?; The RED (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation) Plan BioprospectingCollectors and the Users; Benefit Sharing; The Philippines; Latin America; Africa; Australia; Habitat Loss; Fragmentation; Depletion of Wild Habitat; Invasive Species; Biofuels; India; World Bank Data; China; China and India; Threat to European Mammals: IUCN Report; Marine Conservation; Chapter 3 Bioprospecting or Biopiracy?; Biopiracy; South America; Globalization; Ancient Knowledge; North-South Debate; Other Examples; Colonial Criminals; Biopiracy and the Role of International Agricultural Research Centers; Rockefeller Foundation; Patentability; Contrast Broad Patents on PlantsHibberd Patent; Impact of Patenting on Agriculture; Industrialized Agriculture; Chapter 4 Global Appeal Against Patents on Conventional Seeds and Crops; Challenging Industrial Patents; Global Prohibition of Patents; Biopiracy, Crops, and Seeds; Some Important Disputed Patents; Corn; EPO Reconsiders DuPont Patent on Maize; Syngenta's Rice Monopolies; Genome Monopoly; Wheat; Biopiracy; Farmers' Organizations; Soybean; Monsanto's Patent Application; Biopiracy; Primates; Impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on Agricultural Biodiversity; Golden Rice Chapter 5 Patenting LifeBiopiracy; Neem Patent Controversy; Plagiarism or Innovation?; Landmark Victory in World's First Case Against Biopiracy; The Basmati Rice Controversy; TRIPs; Protecting Farmers, Freeing the Breeders; IPRs, TRIPs, and CBD; TWN; Relationship Between CBD and TRIPs; Globalization under WTO Has Become Global Robbery; Terminator Technology; Gene Patenting: Pros and Cons; Pacific Region; Gene Patents Jeopardize Gene Testing; IPR and Developing Countries; Patenting Life; Chapter 6 Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823713703321 |
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Dronamraju Krishna R
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food Fight : GMOs and the Future of the American Diet
| Food Fight : GMOs and the Future of the American Diet |
| Autore | Jenkins McKay |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | East Rutherford : , : Penguin Publishing Group, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
| Disciplina | 631.5233 |
| Soggetto topico | Transgenic plants |
| ISBN | 0-698-40983-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156209903321 |
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Jenkins McKay
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| East Rutherford : , : Penguin Publishing Group, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food, Farms, and Solidarity [[electronic resource] ] : French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops
| Food, Farms, and Solidarity [[electronic resource] ] : French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops |
| Autore | Heller Chaia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/844 |
| Collana | New ecologies for the twenty-first century |
| Soggetto topico |
Transgenic plants
Agriculture - France |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; About the series; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Creating a New Rationality of Agriculture in a Postindustrial World; Part I: Toward a New Rationality of Agriculture; 2. The New Paysan Movements: French Industrialized Agriculture and the Rise of the Postindustrial Paysan; 3. The Confédération Paysanne: Philosophy, Structure, and Constituency; Part II: The Confédération Paysanne's Early Anti-GMO Campaign, from Risk to Globalization; 4. Union Activism and Programs: Early Campaigns and Paysan Agriculture; 5. We Have Always Been Modern: Toward a Progressive Anti-GMO Campaign
6. The Trial of the GMOS: Deploying Discourses from Risk to GlobalizationPart III: How France Grew Its Own Alter-globalization Movement; 7. Caravans, GMOS, and McDo: The Campaign Continues; 8. Operation Roquefort, Part I: Traveling to Washington, D.C.; 9. Operation Roquefort, Part II: The Battle of Seattle; 10. Postindustrial Paysans in a Post-Seattle World: New Movements, New Possibilities; 11. Conclusion: French Lessons; What's to Be Learned?; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910642300803321 |
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Heller Chaia
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| Durham, : Duke University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The future of genetically modified crops [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Green Revolution / / Felicia Wu, William P. Butz
| The future of genetically modified crops [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Green Revolution / / Felicia Wu, William P. Butz |
| Autore | Wu Felicia |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (115 p.) |
| Disciplina | 631.5233 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ButzWilliam P |
| Soggetto topico |
Transgenic plants
Crops - Genetic engineering Green Revolution |
| ISBN |
0-8330-4051-0
1-59875-262-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; The Agricultural Revolutions of the 19th and20th Centuries; The "Gene Revolution"; The Gene Revolution in Light of the Earlier GreenRevolution; ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT; CHAPTER TWO- The Green Revolution; Science and Technology; Funding; Where the Green Revolution Occurred; Policies and Politics; Where the Green Revolution Fell Short: Remaining Challenges; Lessons from the Green Revolution; CHAPTER THREE- The Gene Revolution: Genetically Modified Crops; Science and Technology; Funding
Where the Gene Revolution Is OccurringPolicies and Politics; CHAPTER FOUR- Lessons for the Gene Revolution from the Green Revolution; Agricultural Biotechnology Is Just One of Several Optionsfor the Future; Broadening the Impact of the GM Crop Movement:Applying Lessons from the Green Revolution; Implications for Relevant Stakeholders; Bibliography |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219962803321 |
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Wu Felicia
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| Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gene flow from GM plants [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson
| Gene flow from GM plants [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina |
621.5233
631.523 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PoppyGuy M
WilkinsonMichael J |
| Collana | Biological sciences series |
| Soggetto topico |
Transgenic plants
Transgenic plants - Risk assessment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-32012-9
9786611320126 0-470-98495-3 0-470-98849-5 0-470-99410-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Gene Flow from GM Plants; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Where science fits into the GM debate; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Regulation; 1.3 Stimulus for research; 1.4 Vigorous campaigning; 1.5 The GM Nation Public Debate; 1.6 Gene flow issues raised in the public debate; 1.6.1 GM is unnatural; 1.6.2 Genetic contamination; 1.6.3 GM and organic agriculture cannot coexist; 1.6.4 GM crops will damage the environment; 1.7 Findings of the debate; 1.8 Discussion; 1.8.1 GM crops have become 'a lightning rod' for a range of concerns
1.8.2 Difficulty of holding a rational discussion of GM crops in context1.8.2.1 Method not mission; 1.8.2.2 The FSEs raised wider issues; 1.8.3 Broader agricultural issues; 1.8.4 Political context; References; 2 Crop biotechnology - the state of play; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A need for better tools in crop production systems; 2.2.1 Crop production and sustainability; 2.3 The current state of GM crops; 2.3.1 Herbicide tolerance; 2.3.2 Insect protection; 2.3.3 Virus resistance in plants; 2.4 Future developments; 2.4.1 Expansion of Bt and HT; 2.4.2 Other pest resistance traits 2.4.3 Tolerance to abiotic stress2.4.4 Output traits; 2.4.5 Other GM plants; 2.4.6 Gene flow containment; 2.5 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Pollen dispersal vectored by wind or insects; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 The fascination with pollination; 3.1.2 The pollination of crop plants; 3.1.3 Pollen dispersal, gene flow and GM crops; 3.2 Evolutionary and ecological aspects of pollination biology; 3.2.1 Evolutionary aspects of wind-mediated pollination; 3.2.2 Adaptations for wind pollination; 3.2.3 Airborne pollen recording for allergy sufferers 3.2.4 Evolutionary and ecological aspects of entomophily3.2.5 Adaptations for entomophily; 3.3 Managing insect pollination for crop production; 3.3.1 Crops benefiting from wild and managed pollinators; 3.3.2 The use of managed pollinators; 3.4 Experiments and observations on vectors in oilseed rape, beet and maize; 3.4.1 Uncertainties on the relative importance of different vectors in oilseed rape; 3.4.2 Oilseed rape cross-pollination: observations; 3.4.3 Oilseed rape cross pollination: experimental data; 3.4.4 Other crops; 3.5 Processes and patterns with wind-mediated pollination 3.5.1 Deposition, turbulence and impaction3.5.2 Long-distance dispersal; 3.5.3 Local barriers, directionality and edge effects; 3.6 Processes and patterns with insect-mediated pollination; 3.6.1 Functional groupings of pollinators; 3.6.2 Common processes: local dispersal; 3.6.3 Processes and patterns for social insects; 3.6.4 Edge effects in recipient patches; 3.6.5 Patchiness and pollinator behaviour; 3.6.6 Influence of landscape patterns on pollen dispersal; 3.7 Modelling pollen dispersal based on vectors; 3.7.1 General models; 3.7.2 Modelling elements of bee behaviour 3.8 Lessons for the management of gene flow from studies on vectors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145697603321 |
| Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gene flow from GM plants [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson
| Gene flow from GM plants [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina |
621.5233
631.523 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PoppyGuy M
WilkinsonMichael J |
| Collana | Biological sciences series |
| Soggetto topico |
Transgenic plants
Transgenic plants - Risk assessment |
| ISBN |
1-281-32012-9
9786611320126 0-470-98495-3 0-470-98849-5 0-470-99410-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Gene Flow from GM Plants; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Where science fits into the GM debate; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Regulation; 1.3 Stimulus for research; 1.4 Vigorous campaigning; 1.5 The GM Nation Public Debate; 1.6 Gene flow issues raised in the public debate; 1.6.1 GM is unnatural; 1.6.2 Genetic contamination; 1.6.3 GM and organic agriculture cannot coexist; 1.6.4 GM crops will damage the environment; 1.7 Findings of the debate; 1.8 Discussion; 1.8.1 GM crops have become 'a lightning rod' for a range of concerns
1.8.2 Difficulty of holding a rational discussion of GM crops in context1.8.2.1 Method not mission; 1.8.2.2 The FSEs raised wider issues; 1.8.3 Broader agricultural issues; 1.8.4 Political context; References; 2 Crop biotechnology - the state of play; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A need for better tools in crop production systems; 2.2.1 Crop production and sustainability; 2.3 The current state of GM crops; 2.3.1 Herbicide tolerance; 2.3.2 Insect protection; 2.3.3 Virus resistance in plants; 2.4 Future developments; 2.4.1 Expansion of Bt and HT; 2.4.2 Other pest resistance traits 2.4.3 Tolerance to abiotic stress2.4.4 Output traits; 2.4.5 Other GM plants; 2.4.6 Gene flow containment; 2.5 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Pollen dispersal vectored by wind or insects; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 The fascination with pollination; 3.1.2 The pollination of crop plants; 3.1.3 Pollen dispersal, gene flow and GM crops; 3.2 Evolutionary and ecological aspects of pollination biology; 3.2.1 Evolutionary aspects of wind-mediated pollination; 3.2.2 Adaptations for wind pollination; 3.2.3 Airborne pollen recording for allergy sufferers 3.2.4 Evolutionary and ecological aspects of entomophily3.2.5 Adaptations for entomophily; 3.3 Managing insect pollination for crop production; 3.3.1 Crops benefiting from wild and managed pollinators; 3.3.2 The use of managed pollinators; 3.4 Experiments and observations on vectors in oilseed rape, beet and maize; 3.4.1 Uncertainties on the relative importance of different vectors in oilseed rape; 3.4.2 Oilseed rape cross-pollination: observations; 3.4.3 Oilseed rape cross pollination: experimental data; 3.4.4 Other crops; 3.5 Processes and patterns with wind-mediated pollination 3.5.1 Deposition, turbulence and impaction3.5.2 Long-distance dispersal; 3.5.3 Local barriers, directionality and edge effects; 3.6 Processes and patterns with insect-mediated pollination; 3.6.1 Functional groupings of pollinators; 3.6.2 Common processes: local dispersal; 3.6.3 Processes and patterns for social insects; 3.6.4 Edge effects in recipient patches; 3.6.5 Patchiness and pollinator behaviour; 3.6.6 Influence of landscape patterns on pollen dispersal; 3.7 Modelling pollen dispersal based on vectors; 3.7.1 General models; 3.7.2 Modelling elements of bee behaviour 3.8 Lessons for the management of gene flow from studies on vectors |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996208281303316 |
| Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gene flow from GM plants [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson
| Gene flow from GM plants [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Guy M. Poppy and Michael J. Wilkinson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina |
621.5233
631.523 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PoppyGuy M
WilkinsonMichael J |
| Collana | Biological sciences series |
| Soggetto topico |
Transgenic plants
Transgenic plants - Risk assessment |
| ISBN |
1-281-32012-9
9786611320126 0-470-98495-3 0-470-98849-5 0-470-99410-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Gene Flow from GM Plants; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Where science fits into the GM debate; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Regulation; 1.3 Stimulus for research; 1.4 Vigorous campaigning; 1.5 The GM Nation Public Debate; 1.6 Gene flow issues raised in the public debate; 1.6.1 GM is unnatural; 1.6.2 Genetic contamination; 1.6.3 GM and organic agriculture cannot coexist; 1.6.4 GM crops will damage the environment; 1.7 Findings of the debate; 1.8 Discussion; 1.8.1 GM crops have become 'a lightning rod' for a range of concerns
1.8.2 Difficulty of holding a rational discussion of GM crops in context1.8.2.1 Method not mission; 1.8.2.2 The FSEs raised wider issues; 1.8.3 Broader agricultural issues; 1.8.4 Political context; References; 2 Crop biotechnology - the state of play; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A need for better tools in crop production systems; 2.2.1 Crop production and sustainability; 2.3 The current state of GM crops; 2.3.1 Herbicide tolerance; 2.3.2 Insect protection; 2.3.3 Virus resistance in plants; 2.4 Future developments; 2.4.1 Expansion of Bt and HT; 2.4.2 Other pest resistance traits 2.4.3 Tolerance to abiotic stress2.4.4 Output traits; 2.4.5 Other GM plants; 2.4.6 Gene flow containment; 2.5 Summary; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Pollen dispersal vectored by wind or insects; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 The fascination with pollination; 3.1.2 The pollination of crop plants; 3.1.3 Pollen dispersal, gene flow and GM crops; 3.2 Evolutionary and ecological aspects of pollination biology; 3.2.1 Evolutionary aspects of wind-mediated pollination; 3.2.2 Adaptations for wind pollination; 3.2.3 Airborne pollen recording for allergy sufferers 3.2.4 Evolutionary and ecological aspects of entomophily3.2.5 Adaptations for entomophily; 3.3 Managing insect pollination for crop production; 3.3.1 Crops benefiting from wild and managed pollinators; 3.3.2 The use of managed pollinators; 3.4 Experiments and observations on vectors in oilseed rape, beet and maize; 3.4.1 Uncertainties on the relative importance of different vectors in oilseed rape; 3.4.2 Oilseed rape cross-pollination: observations; 3.4.3 Oilseed rape cross pollination: experimental data; 3.4.4 Other crops; 3.5 Processes and patterns with wind-mediated pollination 3.5.1 Deposition, turbulence and impaction3.5.2 Long-distance dispersal; 3.5.3 Local barriers, directionality and edge effects; 3.6 Processes and patterns with insect-mediated pollination; 3.6.1 Functional groupings of pollinators; 3.6.2 Common processes: local dispersal; 3.6.3 Processes and patterns for social insects; 3.6.4 Edge effects in recipient patches; 3.6.5 Patchiness and pollinator behaviour; 3.6.6 Influence of landscape patterns on pollen dispersal; 3.7 Modelling pollen dispersal based on vectors; 3.7.1 General models; 3.7.2 Modelling elements of bee behaviour 3.8 Lessons for the management of gene flow from studies on vectors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830963603321 |
| Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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