Environmental Risk Assessment Of Genetically Modified Organisms Methodologies For Assessing Bt Cotton In Brazil

Download or read book Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms Methodologies for assessing Bt cotton in Brazil written by Angelika Hilbeck and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving the scientific basic for environmental risk assessment through the case study of Bt cotton Brazil; The cotton agricultural context in Brazil; Consideration of problem formulation and option assessment for Bt cotton Brazil; Transgene expression and locus structure of Bt cotton; Methodology to support non-target and biodiversity risk Assessment; Non-target and biodiversity impacts on non-target herbivorous pests; Non-target and biodiversity impacts on pollinators and flower-visiting insects; Assessing the effects of Bt cotton on generalist arthropod predators; Non-target and biodiversity impacts on Parasitoids; Non-target and biodiversity impacts in soil; Assessing gene from Bt cotton in Brazil and its possible consequences; Resistance risks of Bt cotton and their managementi in Brazil; Supporting riskn assessment of Bt cotton in Brazil: synthesis and recommendations.