Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation : Investigating the Durability of a Weed Management Tool /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Beckert, Michel. (Autor), Dessaux, Yves. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.