Ebook: Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants: III. Ecological risks and prospects of transgenic plants, where do we go from here? A dialogue between biotech industry and science

The Berne Symposium invited leading scientists of risk assessment research with transgenic crops on an international level in order to enhance the discussion regulators and members of the biotech industry. The goal was to determine the status quo and also to make progress in times of a first global spread of transgenes in agrosystems about risk assessment. The dialogue between scientists, regulators and industry representatives also revealed some lacunes of risk assessment research, which will have to be filled in the future: We still lack longterm experience, for which we will have to collect data with scientific precision. The symposium concluded asking for a risk-oriented longterm monitoring system based on critical science and hard data. This volume presents the discussion sessions as well as the scientific contributions and thus mirrors the risk assessment debate, based not on exaggerated negative scenarios but on critical science and hard data.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predicting the ecological impacts of transgenes for insect and virus resistance in natural and feral populations of Brassica species....Pages 3-15
A multisite-cooperative research programme on risk assessment of transgenic crops....Pages 17-20
Monitoring the environmental impact of transgenic sugar beet Beta vulgaris subspec. vulgaris altissima Doll — are we able to ask the right questions?....Pages 21-26
Back Matter....Pages 27-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The role of modelling in risk assessment for the release of genetically engineered plants....Pages 31-41
Modelling the spread of disease resistance gene in natural plant populations....Pages 43-45
The wave of advancement of introduced genes in natural plant populations....Pages 47-51
Back Matter....Pages 53-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Short-term effects, long-term effects and standardisation of limits....Pages 57-62
Elimination of agrobacteria from transgenic plants....Pages 63-67
Assessment of long-term environmental impacts of transgenic trees: Norway spruce as a case study....Pages 69-75
Long-term questions related to agroecological effects of transgenic Bt-crops....Pages 77-81
Back Matter....Pages 83-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Molecular markers for monitoring transgenic plants....Pages 87-93
Biogeographical assay and natural gene flow....Pages 95-98
Gene flow between selected swiss crops and related weeds: risk assessment for the field releases of GMO’s in Switzerland....Pages 99-108
How do the design of monitoring and control strategies affect the chance of detecting and containing transgenic weeds?....Pages 109-122
Back Matter....Pages 123-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Transgene movement via gene flow: recommendations for improved biosafety assessment....Pages 129-140
Risk assessment of gene flow from a virus-resistant transgenic squash into a wild relative....Pages 141-143
RNA recombination in transgenic virus resistant plants....Pages 145-147
Back Matter....Pages 149-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Transgenic plants and safety regulation....Pages 155-158
Monitoring the impact of releases of genetically modified herbicide tolerant oilseed rape in the UK....Pages 159-169
Views of non-governmental organizations on the risk evaluation of genetically modified organisms....Pages 171-173
Back Matter....Pages 179-182
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Risk assessment of transgenic plants — a comparison with pesticide regulation....Pages 175-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Methodological lacunas: the need for new research and methods in risk assessment....Pages 185-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Where do we come from, where do we go from here?....Pages 199-203
From risk assessment to a more comprehensive technology evaluation — contribution of modern plant breeding to sustainable agriculture....Pages 205-207
Transgenic plants and the management of virtual risks....Pages 209-212
Dilemmas of risk-assessment research for transgenic crops....Pages 213-216
Discussion session 8: Conclusion, strategies, where do we go from here?....Pages 217-222
Bern conference on gene flow: one scientist’s reflections....Pages 223-224
The concept of familiarity and its role in the commercialization of pest resistant genetically engineered plants....Pages 225-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Assessment and management of field testing of transgenic crop plants in east asian countries....Pages 229-230
Mechanism of DNA integration into Agrobacterium genome-its relevance to horizontal gene transfer....Pages 231-231
Gene flow in selected swiss crops and related weeds, risk assessment for the field release of GMO’s in Switzerland: case of wheat and oilseed rape....Pages 233-233
TA-project “genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity”....Pages 235-235
Final summary of the conference....Pages 237-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-260

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predicting the ecological impacts of transgenes for insect and virus resistance in natural and feral populations of Brassica species....Pages 3-15
A multisite-cooperative research programme on risk assessment of transgenic crops....Pages 17-20
Monitoring the environmental impact of transgenic sugar beet Beta vulgaris subspec. vulgaris altissima Doll — are we able to ask the right questions?....Pages 21-26
Back Matter....Pages 27-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The role of modelling in risk assessment for the release of genetically engineered plants....Pages 31-41
Modelling the spread of disease resistance gene in natural plant populations....Pages 43-45
The wave of advancement of introduced genes in natural plant populations....Pages 47-51
Back Matter....Pages 53-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Short-term effects, long-term effects and standardisation of limits....Pages 57-62
Elimination of agrobacteria from transgenic plants....Pages 63-67
Assessment of long-term environmental impacts of transgenic trees: Norway spruce as a case study....Pages 69-75
Long-term questions related to agroecological effects of transgenic Bt-crops....Pages 77-81
Back Matter....Pages 83-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Molecular markers for monitoring transgenic plants....Pages 87-93
Biogeographical assay and natural gene flow....Pages 95-98
Gene flow between selected swiss crops and related weeds: risk assessment for the field releases of GMO’s in Switzerland....Pages 99-108
How do the design of monitoring and control strategies affect the chance of detecting and containing transgenic weeds?....Pages 109-122
Back Matter....Pages 123-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Transgene movement via gene flow: recommendations for improved biosafety assessment....Pages 129-140
Risk assessment of gene flow from a virus-resistant transgenic squash into a wild relative....Pages 141-143
RNA recombination in transgenic virus resistant plants....Pages 145-147
Back Matter....Pages 149-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Transgenic plants and safety regulation....Pages 155-158
Monitoring the impact of releases of genetically modified herbicide tolerant oilseed rape in the UK....Pages 159-169
Views of non-governmental organizations on the risk evaluation of genetically modified organisms....Pages 171-173
Back Matter....Pages 179-182
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Risk assessment of transgenic plants — a comparison with pesticide regulation....Pages 175-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Methodological lacunas: the need for new research and methods in risk assessment....Pages 185-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Where do we come from, where do we go from here?....Pages 199-203
From risk assessment to a more comprehensive technology evaluation — contribution of modern plant breeding to sustainable agriculture....Pages 205-207
Transgenic plants and the management of virtual risks....Pages 209-212
Dilemmas of risk-assessment research for transgenic crops....Pages 213-216
Discussion session 8: Conclusion, strategies, where do we go from here?....Pages 217-222
Bern conference on gene flow: one scientist’s reflections....Pages 223-224
The concept of familiarity and its role in the commercialization of pest resistant genetically engineered plants....Pages 225-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Assessment and management of field testing of transgenic crop plants in east asian countries....Pages 229-230
Mechanism of DNA integration into Agrobacterium genome-its relevance to horizontal gene transfer....Pages 231-231
Gene flow in selected swiss crops and related weeds, risk assessment for the field release of GMO’s in Switzerland: case of wheat and oilseed rape....Pages 233-233
TA-project “genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity”....Pages 235-235
Final summary of the conference....Pages 237-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-260
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