Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants: III. Ecological risks and prospects of transgenic plants, where do we go from here? A dialogue between biotech industry and science

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Predicting the ecological impacts of transgenes for insect and virus resistance in natural and feral populations of Brassica species....Pages 3-15
A multisite-cooperative research programme on risk assessment of transgenic crops....Pages 17-20
Monitoring the environmental impact of transgenic sugar beet Beta vulgaris subspec. vulgaris altissima Döll — are we able to ask the right questions?....Pages 21-26
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The role of modelling in risk assessment for the release of genetically engineered plants....Pages 31-41
Modelling the spread of disease resistance gene in natural plant populations....Pages 43-45
The wave of advancement of introduced genes in natural plant populations....Pages 47-51
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Short-term effects, long-term effects and standardisation of limits....Pages 57-62
Elimination of agrobacteria from transgenic plants....Pages 63-67
Assessment of long-term environmental impacts of transgenic trees: Norway spruce as a case study....Pages 69-75
Long-term questions related to agroecological effects of transgenic Bt-crops....Pages 77-81
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Molecular markers for monitoring transgenic plants....Pages 87-93
Biogeographical assay and natural gene flow....Pages 95-98
Gene flow between selected swiss crops and related weeds: risk assessment for the field releases of GMO’s in Switzerland....Pages 99-108
How do the design of monitoring and control strategies affect the chance of detecting and containing transgenic weeds?....Pages 109-122
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Transgene movement via gene flow: recommendations for improved biosafety assessment....Pages 129-140
Risk assessment of gene flow from a virus-resistant transgenic squash into a wild relative....Pages 141-143
RNA recombination in transgenic virus resistant plants....Pages 145-147
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Transgenic plants and safety regulation....Pages 155-158
Monitoring the impact of releases of genetically modified herbicide tolerant oilseed rape in the UK....Pages 159-169
Views of non-governmental organizations on the risk evaluation of genetically modified organisms....Pages 171-173
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Risk assessment of transgenic plants — a comparison with pesticide regulation....Pages 175-178
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Methodological lacunas: the need for new research and methods in risk assessment....Pages 185-194
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Where do we come from, where do we go from here?....Pages 199-203
From risk assessment to a more comprehensive technology evaluation — contribution of modern plant breeding to sustainable agriculture....Pages 205-207
Transgenic plants and the management of virtual risks....Pages 209-212
Dilemmas of risk-assessment research for transgenic crops....Pages 213-216
Discussion session 8: Conclusion, strategies, where do we go from here?....Pages 217-222
Bern conference on gene flow: one scientist’s reflections....Pages 223-224
The concept of familiarity and its role in the commercialization of pest resistant genetically engineered plants....Pages 225-226
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Assessment and management of field testing of transgenic crop plants in east asian countries....Pages 229-230
Mechanism of DNA integration into Agrobacterium genome-its relevance to horizontal gene transfer....Pages 231-231
Gene flow in selected swiss crops and related weeds, risk assessment for the field release of GMO’s in Switzerland: case of wheat and oilseed rape....Pages 233-233
TA-project “genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity”....Pages 235-235
Final summary of the conference....Pages 237-239
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