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1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; PART I Economic and Technological Choices; Chapter 1 Future Forests; Chapter 2 Biotechnology and the Forest Products Industry; Chapter 3 Biotechnology and the Global Wood Supply; Chapter 4 Accomplishments and Challenges in Genetic Engineering of Forest Trees; Chapter 5 Exotic Pines and Eucalypts; Chapter 6 Tree Biotechnology in the Twenty-First Century; PART II Ethical, Social, and Ecological Caveats; Chapter 7 The Ethics of Molecular Silviculture; Chapter 8 Will the Marketplace See the Sustainable Forest for the Transgenic Trees? |
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Chapter 9 Environmental and Social Aspects of the Intensive Plantation/Reserve DebateChapter 10 Have You Got a License for That Tree?; Chapter 11 Invasiveness of Transgenic versus Exotic Plant Species; Chapter 12 Potential Impacts of Genetically Modified Trees on Biodiversity of Forestry Plantations; Chapter 13 Transgenic Resistance in Short-Rotation Plantation Trees; Index |
| Summary |
Bioengineering offers many opportunities for forestry. Bioengineered trees can produce more valuable wood, help reclaim contaminated land, improve the health of urban trees, and facilitate pest management. But the ecological risks are complex, and public views about the ethical acceptability of genetic engineering vary widely. Unique in its breadth and diversity, The Bioengineered Forest begins with a survey of the range of forestry practices for which the use of biotechnologies might be appropriate. Scholars representing diverse academic perspectives and viewpoints examine in depth the econom |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Forestry biotechnology.
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Trees -- Biotechnology
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Forest products -- Biotechnology.
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Forest products -- Biotechnology
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Forestry biotechnology
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Trees -- Biotechnology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strauss, Steven H., 1955- editor.
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Bradshaw, H. D., 1957- editor
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| ISBN |
9781936331352 |
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1936331357 |
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