Descrizione fisica: xiv, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note generali: Proceedings of the Satellite Symposium on Biotechnology and Biodiversity, held on November 15 and 16, 1996, at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biotechnology and development: moving technology forward using environmental assessment / Sivramiah Shantharam -- Biosafety training programs and their importance in capacity building and technology assessment / I. Virgin, R.J. Frederick, S. Ramachandran -- 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 / Anil K. Gupta -- Ecological context of biodiversity / K.G. Saxena, K.S. Rao, P.S.
Ramakrishnan -- Biodiversity and biotechnology: ethical issues in developing countries / Suresh K. Sin
ha, Suman Sahai -- Ethics and biodiversity / Niraja Gopal Jayal -- Plant breeders and farmers in the new intellectual property regime: conflict of interests? / Biswajit Dhar, 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.
ISBN: 1578080185
Altri nomi: Montgomery, Jane F.
Satellite Symposium on Biotechnology and Biodiversity (1996: New Delhi, India)
Soggetti: Agricultural biotechnology Congresses
Agrobiodiversity Congresses
Classificazione: 631.5233