Field testing genetically modified organisms : framework for decisions / Committee on Scientific Evaluation of the Introduction of Genetically Modified Microorganisms and Plants into the Environment, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.).

Contributor:

Burris, Robert H. (Robert Harza), 1914-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial genetic engineering.

Biotechnology.

Genetic engineering.

Plant genetic engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Potential benefits from the use of genetically modified organisms--such as bacteria that biodegrade environmental pollutants--are enormous. To minimize the risks of releasing such organisms into the environment, regulators are working to develop rational safeguards. This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding testing these organisms in the laboratory or the field and a practical framework for making decisions about organism release. Beginning with a discussion of classical versus molecular techniques for genetic alteration, the volume is divided into major sections for plants and microorganisms and covers the characteristics of altered organisms, past experience with releases, and such specific issues as whether plant introductions could promote weediness. The executive summary presents major conclusions and outlines the recommended decision-making framework.

Contents:

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Executive Summary; 3 2 Introduction; 4 3 Past Experience with Genetic Modification of Plants and Their Introduction into the Environment; 5 4 Enhanced Weediness: A Major Environmental Issue; 6 5 Past Experience with the Introduction of Modified Plants: Molecular Genetic Techniques; 7 6 Conclusions and Recommendations: Plants; 8 7 Past Experience with the Introduction of Microorganisms into the Environment; 9 8 Properties of the Genetic Modification; 10 9 Phenotypic Properties of Source Microorganisms and Their Genetically Modified Derivatives; 11 10 Properties of the Environment Relevant to the Introduction of Genetically Modified Microorganisms; 12 11 Conclusions and Recommendations: Microorganisms; 13 Appendix - Historical Overview of Nucleic Acid Biotechnology: 1973 to 1989; 14 Literature Cited; 15 Information on Committee Members

Notes:

Committee chairman: Robert H. Burris.

Study funded by the Biotechnology Science Coordinating Committee composed of the Dept. of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Bibliography: p. 143-163.

ISBN:

9786610214488

9781280214486

1280214481

9780309564205

0309564204

OCLC:

726823117