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From risk assessment to a more comprehensive technology evaluation — contribution of modern plant breeding to sustainable agriculture

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Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants

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Genetic engineering will become a key technology in the future. New breeding methods aided by recombinant DNA technique will provide a significant potential for the realisation and improvement of important agricultural products. Modern biotechnology not only offers unprecedented opportunities for studying and understanding biological principles and processes, but it also makes available a library of powerful tools, which complement the methods of traditional technologies. The first transgenic crop varieties are now entering the marketplace and first significant changes in conventional agricultural production are becoming apparent.

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  1. Fachstelle für Biosicherheitsforschung und Abschätzung von Technikfolgen des Schwerpunktprogrammes Biotechnologie des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (BATS), Clarastrasse 13, CH-4058, Basel, Switzerland

    Elisabeth Schulte

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  1. Botanical Garden, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland

    Klaus Ammann  & Yolande Jacot  & 

  2. Department of Terrestrial Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, Vejlsøvej 25, P.O. Box 314 8600, DK-8600, Silkeborg, Denmark

    Gösta Kjellsson  & Vibeke Simonsen  & 

  3. Laboratoire de Phanérogamie, Université de Neuchâtel, Chantemerle 22, CH-2007, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    Yolande Jacot

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Schulte, E. (1999). From risk assessment to a more comprehensive technology evaluation — contribution of modern plant breeding to sustainable agriculture. In: Ammann, K., Jacot, Y., Kjellsson, G., Simonsen, V. (eds) Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8700-7_24

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8700-7_24

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