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RECORD NUMBER: 2695 OF 2904Main Title | The ecological risks of engineered crops / | |||||||||||
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Author | Rissler, Jane. | |||||||||||
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Publisher | MIT Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1996 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 33166395 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0262181711 (hc : alk. paper); 9780262181716 (hc : alk. paper); 0262680858 (pb : alk. paper); 9780262680851 (pb : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Transgenic plants ; Crops--Genetic engineering--Environmental aspects ; Plant genetic engineering--Environmental aspects ; Plants, Genetically Modified ; Environmental Health ; Transgene organismen ; Genetische manipulatie ; Landbouwproducten ; Ecologische aspecten ; Frucht ; Biotechnologie ; Umweltgefährdung ; Transgene Pflanzen ; Risiko | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiv, 168 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-159) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Foreword / Howard Ris -- Introduction -- Understanding transgenic crops -- Environmental risks posed by transgenic crops -- Two risk scenarios : an experimental assessment -- International implications of commercialization -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix: Experimental assessment of the replacement capacity of a population of plants. The authors argue that the commercialization and release of transgenic crops on millions of acres of farmland can pose serious and costly consequences. They propose a practical, feasible method of conducting precommercialization evaluations that will balance the needs of ecological safety with those of agriculture and business.--From publisher description. |