Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 2: Methodologies for Assessing Bt Cotton in Brazil

✍ Scribed by Angelika Hilbeck, David A. Andow, Eliana M G Fontes

• Publisher: CABI
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 395
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Many international forums have identified the need for comprehensive, scientific methods for the pre-release testing and post-release monitoring of transgenic plants to ensure their environmental safety and sustainable use. In response to this requirement, a GMO Guidelines Project was established under the aegis of the International Organization for Biological Control, to develop biosafety testing guidelines for transgenic plants. This second volume focuses on transgenic cotton in Brazil and addresses both environmental and agricultural impacts. It draws out some general risk assessment guidelines and demonstrates the need for case-by-case analysis.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Series Foreword......Page 13
Preface......Page 17
1 Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Risk Assessment through the Case Study of Bt Cotton in Brazil......Page 21
2 The Cotton Agricultural Context in Brazil......Page 41
3 Consideration of Problem Formulation and Option Assessment for Bt Cotton in Brazil......Page 87
4 Transgene Expression and Locus Structure of Bt Cotton......Page 113
5 Methodology to Support Non-Target and Biodiversity Risk Assessment......Page 128
6 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Non-Target Herbivorous Pests......Page 153
7 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Pollinators and Flower-Visiting Insects......Page 175
8 Assessing the Effects of Bt Cotton on Generalist Arthropod Predators......Page 195
9 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts on Parasitoids......Page 220
10 Non-Target and Biodiversity Impacts in Soil......Page 245
11 Assessing Gene Flow from Bt Cotton in Brazil and its Possible Consequences......Page 281
12 Resistance Risks of Bt Cotton and their Management in Brazil......Page 320
13 Supporting Risk Assessment of Bt Cotton in Brazil: Synthesis and Recommendations......Page 366
B......Page 385
D......Page 387
F......Page 388
H......Page 389
L......Page 390
P......Page 391
S......Page 393
V......Page 394
Y......Page 395