Forestry Sciences

Improving the Scientific Basis for Safe Tree Development and Implementation of EU Policy Directives

By: Cristina Vettori (Editor), Vassiliki Kazana (Editor), Matthias Fladung (Editor), Hely Haggman (Editor), Gilles Pilate (Editor)

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Hardcover | 2 March 2016

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356 Pages

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Introduction.- Genetic engineering - contribution to forest tree breeding efforts.- New transformation technologies for trees.- Lessons from 25 years of GM tree field trials in Europe and prospects for the future.- Lessons from two decades of field trials with genetically modified trees in the USA: Biology and regulatory compliance.- Specific environmental considerations for GM trees and guidance on their risk assessment and monitoring.- Field trials with GM trees: A step-by-step approach.- Soil effects of genetically-modified trees (GMTs).- Potential Environmental Impact of Insect-Resistant Transgenic Trees.- Potential impacts of GM trees on the environment and on plant "omics" questionnaire-based responses.- Approaches and tools for a socio-economic assessment of GM forest tree crops: Factors for consideration in Cost-Benefit Analyses.- Public knowledge and perceptions of safety issues towards the use of genetically modified forest trees: A cross-country pilot survey.- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS' POTENTIAL PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS TRANSGENIC DERIVED FOREST PRODUCTS: THE GREEK CASE.- Socio-economic considerations for decision making on GM tree cultivation.- Value communication in the field of agri-food.- The COST Action FP0905 experience on the Web: Web 2.0 and scientific dissemination.

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