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Engineered Organisms in Environmental Settings: Biotechnological and Agricultural Applications [Hardcover]

Morris A. Levin (Author), Eitan Israeli (Author)

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0849344654 978-0849344657 May 6, 1996 1
Engineered Organisms in Environmental Settings provides an update on the field applications of biotechnology products. The book unifies principles from the academic community, biotechnology specialists and other research scientists, and federal and state regulatory offices to tackle issues regarding the application of engineered organisms in the environmental setting.
Topics covered include:
  • Bioremediation using biotechnology
  • Safe and efficient applications
  • Risk assessment
  • Recent legislation affecting future environmental applications of biotechnology products
  • Changes in public attitude toward and acceptance of biotechnology products

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    This book is extremely well referenced and each chapter is divided into distinct sections which allows easy understanding of the material. . . .definitely serves as a benchmark of where things stand in the 1990's.
    -SIM News
    Levin and Israeli furnish an excellent overview of genetic technology and the rationale for using GMOs in various applications.
    -CHOICE

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    First Sentence:
    Biotechnology has grown from one company in the U.S. in 1971 to over 1500 today. Read the first page
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    engineered fungi, veterinary biologics, biocontrol fungi, transgenic tomato plants, replicase gene, transgenic fish, recombinant bacterium, coat protein gene, mosaic virus coat protein, transgenic plants, antiviral factor, horticultural species, engineered resistance, transgenic tobacco plants, movement protein, engineered plants, catabolic genes, cucumber mosaic virus, introduced microorganism, biotechnology regulations, cowpea mosaic virus, veterinary vaccines, engineered organisms, antiviral protein, genetically modified plants
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    New York, United States, Plant Microbe Interact, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, Plant Mol, Acad Sci, Academic Press, Biologische Bundesanstalt, Federal Register, Finding of No Significant Impact, Plant Physiol, Boca Raton, European Community, National Academy Press, Virus Res, Marcel Dekker, National Institutes of Health, Plant Pathol, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University, Nucleic Acids Res, Office of Technology Assessment, Proc Natl Acad
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