Genetically Modified Plants

<p>Preface</p> <p>List of abbreviations</p> <p>1. Setting the Context: Agriculture and Crop/Food Sustainability</p> <p>2. Technologies for Crop Improvement</p> <p>3. Current Progress and Future Needs of Genetically Modified Plants</p> <p>4. Principles of Risk Assessment</p> <p>5. Evolution of Regulatory Systems and National Biosafety Frameworks</p> <p>6. Molecular Characterization of GM plants</p> <p>7. Risk Assessment and Management: Human and Animal Health</p> <p>8. Risk Assessment and Management: Environment </p> <p>9. Risk Perception and Public Attitudes to GM </p> <p>10. The Future</p> <p>Appendix A: Glossary</p> <p>Appendix B: Climate Change and Global Warming</p> <p>Appendix C: Details of Major Biotic Constraints</p> <p>Appendix D: Genetics and Gene Expression</p> <p>Appendix E: Mutations</p> <p>Appendix F: Information required on an application for environmental release of a GMO</p> <p>Appendix G: GM food labeling in different countries</p> <p>Appendix H: Differences in public uptake of GM foods</p>