Landscapes, Genomics and Transgenic Conifers - Williams, Claire G.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
Pros and cons for Transgenic Conifer Plantations -- Foresters and DNA -- The Question of Commercializing Transgenic Conifers -- It's Just A Crop: Public Perception and Transgenic Trees -- Genomics Methods, Resources and Alternative Applications -- Genomics Resources for Conifers -- A New Direction for Conifer Genomics -- Using Genomics to Study Evolutionary Origins of See ds -- Metabolic Profiling for Transgenic Forest Tre es -- Viewing Transgenic Conifer Plantations on a Landscape Scale -- Dispersal of Transgenic Conifer Pollen -- Gene Flow in Conifers -- Pines as Invasive Aliens: Outlook on Transgenic Pine Plantations in the Southern Hemisphere -- Economics of Transgenic Technology Adoption -- Economic Prospects and Policy Framework of Forest Biotechnology for the Southern U.S.A. and South America -- Private Forests and Transgenic Forest Trees -- Government Regulations and Biosafety -- Canada's Regulatory Approach -- Biosafety of Transgenic Trees in the United States.
Keywords: Forestry; Agriculture; Landscape ecology; Forest products; Plant genetics; Economic policy; Forestry; Agriculture; Landscape Ecology; Wood Science & Technology; Plant Genetics and Genomics; R & D/Technology Policy