Biotechnology, Biosafety, and Biodiversity
Scientific and Ethical Issues for Sustainable Development
S. Shantharam and Jane F. Montgomery:Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, Maryland, U.S.A
ISBN 978-1-57808-018-2; 1999; 252 Pages; US $ 56.00      Buy Now

The book addresses some of the key questions related to biosafety, environmental impact issues, and ethical issues affected by the advent of biotechnology in agriculture.

. Biotechnology and Development: Moving Technology Forward Using Environmental Assessment - Sivramiah Shantharam
. Biosafety Training Programs and their Importance in Capacity Building and Technology Assesment - I. Virgin et al.
. Genetically Modified Organisms: Biosafety Implications for India - Ghayur Alam
. Environmental Impact of Crops Transformed with Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for Insect Resistance - Michael B. Cohen
. Biosafety Issues of Genetically Engineered Herbicide-Tolerant Plants: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Perspective - Stephen Yarrow
. Biosafety Issues of Genetically Engineered Virus-Resistant Plants - H.R. Pappu
. Marker Gene Controversy in Transgenic Plants - Vedpal S. Malik
. Ethical Dilemmas in the Conservation of Biodiversity - A.K. Gupta
. Ecological Context of Biodiversity - K.G. Saxena, K.S. Rao, and P.S. Ramakrishnan
. Biodiversity and Biotechnology: Ethical Issues in Developing Countries - S.K. Sinha and Suman Sahai
. Ethics and Biodiversity - N.G. Jayal
. Plant Breeders and Farmers in the New Intellectual Property Regime: Conflict of Interests?-Biswajit Dhar and C. Niranjan Rao
. Aspects of Biosafety in the Conservation of Biological Diversity - K.P.S. Chauhan
. IPR Controversy and the Indian Seed Industry - Suri Sehgal
. New Genes for Old Genes - B.S. Ahloowalia
. The IPR Debate for India - Swati Prakash
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