Environmental impact of genetically modified crops /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Food > Safety measures.; Transgenic plants > Environmental aspects.; Agricultural biotechnology.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Supply, Demand and Prices.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Pesticide and Drug Resistance.; Pesticide and Drug Residues and Ecotoxicology, (New March 2000); Water Resources.; Land Resources.; Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Feed Composition and Quality.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Man.; Plants.; Biotechnology.; Environmental impact.; Feeds.; Food safety.; Food supply.; Genetic transformation.; Genetically engineered organisms.; Nontarget effects.; Nontarget organisms.; Resistance management.; Resource management.; Risk assessment.; Soil resources.; Sustainability.; Transgenic plants.; Water resources.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 424 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, containing 20 chapters, addresses the major concerns of scientists, policy makers, environmental lobby groups and the general public regarding the controversial issue on environmental impact (e.g. on soil and water ecology and nontarget organisms) of transgenic crops, from an editorially neutral standpoint. While the main focus is on environmental impact, food safety issues for both humans and animals are also considered. Some chapters discuss issues on resistance management. The book concludes with a discussion on the future of agricultural biotechnology in the context of sustainability, natural resource management and future global population and food supply.