Genetically engineered trees for plantation forests: Key considerations for environmental risk assessment

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 785-798

  Häggman, Hely ^a   Raybould, Alan ^b   Borem, Aluizio ^c   Fox, Thomas ^d   Handley, Levis ^e   Hertzberg, Magnus ^f   Lu, Meng Zu ^g   Macdonald, Philip ^h   Oguchi, Taichi ⁱ   Pasquali, Giancarlo ^j   Pearson, Les ^k   Peter, Gary ^l   Quemada, Hector ^m   Séguin, Armand ⁿ   Tattersall, Kylie ^o   Ulian, Eugênio ^p   Walter, Christian ^q   Mclean, Morven ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f SweTree Technologies AB   (Sweden)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^h CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^k ArborGen   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^m DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^o Office of the Gene Technology Regulator   (Australia)

^p FuturaGene Brasil Tecnologia Ltda   (Brazil)

^q SCION   (New Zealand)

^r National Center for Environmental Assessment   (United States)

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Author keywords

Environment; Forests; Genetic engineering; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

EID: 84882598623     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12100     Document Type: Review

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