| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Basic facts about GM crops / Paul Pechan -- History and uses of plant biotechnology / Andrzej Czaplicki, Jaroslava Ovesna, Gert E. de Vries -- Herbicide tolerance / Janusz Zimny, Gert E. de Vries -- Insect resistance in crop plants / Gert E. de Vries -- Virus resistance / Ervin Balazs, Paul Pechan -- GM crops in the USA and Europe: what farm level benefits might be expected? / Anne-Katrin Bock -- Environmental issues and problems associated with genetically modified plants / Gert E. de Vries, Jaroslava Ovesna -- From a research proposal to a product / Paul Pechan -- Genetically modified products: intellectual property issues / Gert E. de Vries -- GMO traceability and labelling regulations / Paul Pechan -- Plant biotechnology and its regulation in Central and Eastern Europe / Paul Pechan, Ervin Balazs -- Genetically modified plants and risk analysis / Anne-Katrin Bock -- Monitoring of GMOs / Paul Pechan, Ervin Balazs -- Implications of the GMO labelling and traceability legislations / Paul Pechan -- Precautionary principle / Paul Pechan -- Public perception of GM crops / Paul Pechan, Giorgos Sakellaris, Anne-Katrin Bock -- Communication strategies in biotechnology / Paul Pechan, Giorgos Sakellaris -- Communicating risk / Paul Pechan, Giorgos Sakellaris -- The morality and ethics of GMOs / Paul Pechan -- Second generation GM plant products / Gert E. de Vries -- Third generation of GM plants: biofactories / Anne-Katrin Bock, Janusz Zimny -- Biotechnology for food and agriculture: global issues / Gert E. de Vries |
| Summary |
Only little more than a decade ago the term "genetic engineering" was hardly known outside research laboratories. Today it regularly makes headlines in the news. Supporters and opponents as well tell us that it could change our lives more than any other technological advance. This book delivers the state-of-the-art facts in order to empower the public to make knowledge-based decisions about plant biotechnology and GM crops and GM food, in particular. It discusses the hot topics of the present debate in a neutral manner and will function as a personal reference book for the interested public, for decision maker, and managers of consumer organisations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Genetically modified foods.
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Food, Genetically Modified
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Biotechnology
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bioengineering.
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farming (activity or system)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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Chimie.
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Science des matériaux.
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Genetically modified foods
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Aliment transgénique.
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Agriculture.
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Biotechnologie végétale.
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Organisme génétiquement modifié
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Aspect socioéconomique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vries, Gert E. de
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| LC no. |
2004109051 |
| ISBN |
9783540271369 |
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3540271368 |
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3540201785 |
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9783540201786 |
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9786610306077 |
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6610306079 |
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