Biosafety of Forest Transgenic Trees Improving the Scientific Basis for Safe Tree Development and Implementation of EU Policy Directives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vettori, Cristina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gallardo, Fernando (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Häggman, Hely (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kazana, Vassiliki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Migliacci, Fabio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pilate, Gilles (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fladung, Matthias (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Forestry Sciences, 82
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Forestry management.; Trees.; Plant breeding.; Environmental sociology.; Life Sciences.; Tree Biology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Forestry Management.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Environmental Sociology.

This book provides up-to-date information on the environmental impact of transgenic trees on genetically modified tree (GMT) communication strategy. It is useful to public/private organisations as well as to private and public research bodies and universities worldwide since it reports on the global...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Genetic engineering – contribution to forest tree breeding efforts
• New transformation technologies for trees
• Lessons from 25 years of GM tree field trials in Europe and prospects for the future
• Lessons from two decades of field trials with genetically modified trees in the USA: Biology and regulatory compliance
• Specific environmental considerations for GM trees and guidance on their risk assessment and monitoring
• Field trials with GM trees: A step-by-step approach
• Soil effects of genetically-modified trees (GMTs)
• Potential Environmental Impact of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Trees
• Potential impacts of GM trees on the environment and on plant “omics”: questionnaire-based responses
• Approaches and tools for a socio-economic assessment of GM forest tree crops: Factors for consideration in Cost-Benefit Analyses
• Public knowledge and perceptions of safety issues towards the use of genetically modified forest trees: A cross-country pilot survey
• A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS’ POTENTIAL PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS TRANSGENIC DERIVED FOREST PRODUCTS: THE GREEK CASE
• Socio-economic considerations for decision making on GM tree cultivation
• Value communication in the field of agri-food
• The COST Action FP0905 experience on the Web: Web 2.0 and scientific dissemination.