Environmental impact of genetically modified crops
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by Natalie Ferry and Angharad M.R. Gatehouse
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: CABI,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv,424p.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Transgenic crops and their applications for sustainable agriculture and food security / Paul Christou and Teresa Capell -- Environmental benefits of genetically modified crops / Martin G. Edwards and Guy M. Poppy -- Developing a 21st century view of agriculture and the environment / David Pimentel and Maurizio G. Paoletti -- Environmental risk assessment / Francesca G. Tencalla, Thomas E. Nickson and Monica Garcia-Alonso -- Insect resistance to genetically modified crops / Bruce E. Tabashnik and Yves Carriere -- Resistance management of transgenic insect resistant crops: ecological factors / Ben Raymond and Denis Wright -- Herbicide tolerant genetically modified crops: resistance management / Micheal D.K. Owen -- Impact of insect-resistant transgenic crops on above ground non-target arthropods / Jorg Romeis ... [et al.] -- Impact of genetically modified crops on pollinators / Louise A. Malone and Elisabeth P.J. Burgess -- Impact of genetically modified crops on soil and water ecology / Ron Wheatley -- Biodiversity and GM crops / Klaus Ammann -- Potential wider impact: farmland birds / Mark J. Whittingham -- Safety for human consumption / Richard H. Phipps -- Biofuels: Jatropha curcas as a novel, non-edible oilseed plant for biodiesel / Ajay Kohli ... [et al.] -- European commercial GM plantings and field trials / Felix Ortego ... [et al.] -- Monitoring Bt resistance in the field: China as a case study / Kanglai He, Zhenying Wang, and Yongjun Zhang -- Current status of crop bi