Genetically Modified Plants: Assessing Safety and Managing Risk

Roger Hull , Graham Head , George T. Tzotzos 지음

elsevier 2020년 09월 25일 출간

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Genetically Modified Plants, Second Edition, provides an updated roadmap and science-based methodology for assessing the safety of genetic modification technologies, as well as risk assessment approaches from regulators across different agroecosystems. This new edition also includes expanded coverage of technologies used in plant improvement, such as RNA-dependent DNA methylation, reverse breeding, agroinfiltration, and gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR and TALENS. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in crop improvement, including students and researchers, practitioners in regulatory agencies, and policymakers involved in plant biotechnology risk assessment.Provides a roadmap for assessing the safety of genetically modified plantsExpands coverage of technologies used in plant improvement, such as RNA-dependent DNA methylation, Reverse Breeding and Agro-infiltrationIntroduces new chapters addressing the potential applications and associated risks of new gene editing technologies such as CRISPR and TALENS

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Preface List of abbreviations 1. Setting the Context: Agriculture and Crop/Food Sustainability 2. Technologies for Crop Improvement 3. Current Progress and Future Needs of Genetically Modified Plants 4. Principles of Risk Assessment 5. Evolution of Regulatory Systems and National Biosafety Frameworks 6. Molecular Characterization of GM plants 7. Risk Assessment and Management: Human and Animal Health 8. Risk Assessment and Management: Environment 9. Risk Perception and Public Attitudes to GM 10. The Future Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Climate Change and Global Warming Appendix C: Details of Major Biotic Constraints Appendix D: Genetics and Gene Expression Appendix E: Mutations Appendix F: Information required on an application for environmental release of a GMO Appendix G: GM food labeling in different countries Appendix H: Differences in public uptake of GM foods

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저자(글) Roger Hull

저자(글) Graham Head

저자(글) George T. Tzotzos