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TA-project “genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity”

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Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants

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The Office of Technology Assessment of the German Parliament (TAB) investigated in this TA project how conventional and genetically-engineered plant breeding can influence biodiversity and what is the resulting need for political action by the German Parliament. Investigations were restricted to the agricultural sector in Germany, taking into account European framework conditions.

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Meyer, R., Sauter, A. (1999). TA-project “genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity”. 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_33

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