Genetically Modified Plants: Assessing Safety and Managing Risk

The past decade has seen a rapid progression in plant genome editing and biotechnology-particularly in the development of genetically modified plants with not just one but several stacked traits. While beneficial to farmers, these technologies raise safety concerns and questions as to whether the risk associated with stacked traits is simply the sum of the risks from individual traits. Genetically Modified Plants, 2nd Edition addresses these concerns, providing an updated road map 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. Genetically Modified Plants, 2nd Edition is an essential resource for anyone interested in crop improvement, including students and researchers, practitioners in regulatory agencies, and policy makers involved in plant biotechnology risk assessment. Provides a road map 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 INDICE: 1. Setting the context: GM- and gene-editing technologies and perceived biosafety concerns 2. Setting the context: History of Agronomic Systems 3. Setting the context: Conventional approaches to overcome constraints and their limitations 4. Principles of risk assessment 5. Risk assessment and management: human and animal health 6. Risk assessment and management: environment 7. Risk perception and public attitudes to GM 8. Regulatory frameworks 9. Appendices

• ISBN: 978-0-12-818564-3
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés