PLNT4600 Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology
WEB SITES RELATED TO BIOTECHNOLOGY



AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Google Scholar
AgBioWorld
Checkbiotech.org
Council for Biotechnology Information
The Land Institute
Approved Products/Novel Food Decisions
Cornell Plant Breeding Dept - Mutschler
International Crop Information System -- Home

BioPharming

Metabolix provides bioplastics and biopolymers: sustainable, biobased, biodegradable, natural plastics and chemicals.
Molecular Farming - Transgenic non food GM / GMO plant pharming / biopharming
Plant-made pharmaceuticals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Checkbiotech.org
Truly green nanotechnology - growing nanomaterials in plants
Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide


ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT

BOLD
Report-Biodiv-Biotech3.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Environmental Considerations of Agricultural Biotechnology
MEASURING BIODIVERSITY
GTraxler.pdf (application/pdf Object)
http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml
Aresa - English


Food

Nanotech food under discussion in Amsterdam
Genetically modified food - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bt Cotton
The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology: Biotech Rice Saga Yields Bushel of Questions for Federal Agencies
nature debates
Golden Rice Project Home Page


GURT - Genetic Use Restriction Technologies

INVITED REVIEW: TARGETING TRANSGENE EXPRESSION IN RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS: PROMOTERS USED IN PLANT TRANSFORMATION
China makes non-spread GM rice
LEGISINFO - The Library of Parliament's research tool for finding information on legislation
Technology Protection System
Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide
How the Terminator Terminates


Impact of Biotechnology

Nutrition Today: The impact of biotechnology on animal agriculture and the consumer
40 Case Studies - National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy
Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture
FAO Document Repository
Social and Economic Impact of Biotechnology
NASD: The Impact of Biotechnology and Information Technology on Agricultural Worker Safety and Health


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

WTO | Understanding the WTO - Intellectual property: protection and enforcement


NGO - Non-governmental Organizations

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAOSTAT
World Bank
WTO - World Trade Organization


REGULATION

Kenya approves a national policy on biotechnology - SciDev.Net
U of S pulls new barley variety over regulations; EU may take two years to develop biotech crop rules; Secret of what makes plants flower; Genes that switch self-pollination on and off; Can a Taste for Poison Drive Speciation?; Spray to quell E. coli; Bees Vanish, and Scientists Race for Reasons; GM protesters vainly toil in soil; NABC 19: Agricultural Biofuels; US EPA to review regulation of Plant-Incorporated Protectants
U.S. Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website
FEDERAL COURT FINDS USDA ERRED IN APPROVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA WITHOUT FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - Biotechnology


POPULATION AND RESOURCES

United Nations Population Division Home Page
World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision Population Database
FS 155-99: Fertilizers -- Sustaining Global Food Supplies
Use of phosphate rocks for sustainable agriculture
Use of phosphate rocks for sustainable agriculture



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