Genetically Modified Crops : Assessing Safety.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Keith Atherton
- ناشر : London : CRC Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2002
- شابک / ISBN : 9780203212356
Description
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; The regulatory and science-based safety evaluation of genetically modified food crops a USA perspective; The regulatory requirements for novel foods a European perspective; The concept of substantial equivalence: an overview; Strategies for analysing unintended effects in transgenic food crops; Allergenicity of foods produced by genetic modification; Biosafety of marker genes the possibility of DNA transfer from genetically modified organisms to the human gut microflora. Case study: canola tolerant to Roundup herbicide: an assessment of its substantial equivalence compared to non-modified canolaCase study: Bt crops a novel mode of insect control; Case study: recombinant baculoviruses as microbial pesticidal agents; Case study: virus-resistant crops;
This book addresses some of the key advances that have been made in agrochemical biotechnology and the safety evaluation strategies that are being employed to ensure that the consumer is adequately protected
