The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply Book

1. World population growth and food supply William H. Meyers and Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes; 2. Social challenges: public opinion and agricultural biotechnology Dominique Brossard; 3. Loving biotechnology: ethics considerations Lowell E. Grisham; 4. Biotechnology in crop production Eric S. Sachs; 5. Biotechnology and the control of viral diseases of crops Jason R. Cavatorta, Stewart M. Gray and Molly M. Jahn; 6. Animal biotechnologies and agricultural sustainability Alison Van Eenennaam and William Muir; 7. Genetically engineered crops can be part of a sustainable food supply: food and food safety issues Peggy G. Lenaux; 8. Ecological considerations in biotechnology: ecological concerns and environmental risks at transgenic crops Mark K. Sears and Jeffrey D. Wolt; 9. Organic agriculture as an alternative to a GE-based system Erin Silva; 10. A case study of rice: from traditional breeding to genomics: rice-food for the gods Pamela Ronald; 11. Case study: healthy grown potatoes and sustainability of Wisconsin potato production Alvin J. Bussan, Deana Knuteson, Jed Colquhoun, Larry Binning, Shelley Jansky, Jiming Jiang, Paul D. Mitchell, Walter R. Stevenson, Russ Groves, Jeff Wyman, Matt Ruark and Keith Kelling; 12. Precautionary practice of risk assessment Caroline Baier-Anderson and Michelle Mauthe Harvey; 13. Risk assessment approaches and implications Jose Falck-Zepeda and Anthony J. Cavalieri; 14. The context of biotechnology in sustainable agriculture Marty D. Matlock; 15. Agricultural biotechnology: equity and prosperity Gregory D. Graff and David Zilbeman.