February, 2005
Information Systems for
Biotechnology (ISB) News Report
February 2005
Article Summaries (links are to the ISB News Report website)
RISK ASSESSMENT
RELEASE OF LARVICIDAL CRY
PROTEINS IN ROOT EXUDATES OF TRANSGENIC BT PLANTS
Deepak Saxena and Guenther Stotzky
Complete article:
pdf:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/feb05.pdf
web:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.feb.html#feb0501
FREQUENCY OF POLLEN DRIFT IN
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN
B. L. Ma
Complete article:
pdf:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/feb05.pdf
web:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.feb.html#feb0502
ASSESSING THE BENEFITS AND
RISKS OF GE CROPS: Evidence from the Insect Resistant Maize for
Africa Project
H De Groote, S Mugo, D Bergvinson, and B Odhiambo
Complete article:
pdf:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/feb05.pdf
web:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.feb.html#feb0503
REGULATORY NEWS
PATENT CHALLENGES TO AGBIOTECH TECHNOLOGIES IN 2004
Phillip B. C. Jones
Complete article:
pdf:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/feb05.pdf
web:
http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.feb.html#feb0504
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