Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation : Investigating the Durability of a Weed Management Tool - Beckert, Michel; Dessaux, Yves.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
Foreword -- 1. Mechanisms of herbicide resistance and HTV breeding techniques -- 1.1. From herbicide modes of action to genetic determinants of the HT trait -- 1.2. Introducing the HT trait into the genome of a cultivated species -- 1.3. Perspectives on the evolution of HTV breeding techniques -- 1.4. Existing HTVs -- Conclusions -- 2. HTV diffusion and use -- 2.1. HTV adoption worldwide -- 2.2. Possible drivers of HTV adoption -- 2.3. The North American example: the expansion of transgenic HTVs and its consequences -- 2.4. Specificities of the social and regulatory context of HTV adoption in Europe -- Conclusions -- 3. Diffusion of the HT trait and the appearance of herbicide resistance -- 3.1. Mechanisms and consequences of HT trait diffusion -- 3.2. The spontaneous appearance of resistant weeds -- Conclusions -- 4. The development of HTV cropping systems -- 4.1. Effects on weed flora of HTV adoption and associated practices -- 4.2. Conditions specific to the introduction of HTVs in France -- Conclusions -- 5. Effects on the environment -- 5.1. Environmental contamination: wetlands and soil -- 5.2. Herbicide residues in and on crop plants -- 5.3. Impacts of HTVs on wild biodiversity -- Conclusions -- General conclusions -- Annex 1. Mission statement for the HTV ESCo -- Annex 2. HRAC classification of herbicides according to site of action.
Keywords: Agriculture; Plant breeding; Ecotoxicology; Environmental chemistry; Agricultural economics; International environmental law; Agriculture; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Ecotoxicology; Environmental Chemistry; Agricultural Economics; International Environmental Law