Field Testing Genetically Modified Organisms

Committee on Scientific Evaluation of the Introduction of Genetically Modified Microorganisms and Plants into the Environment, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Executive Summary; 3 2 Introduction; 4 3 Past Experience with Genetic Modification of Plants and Their Introduction into the Environment; 5 4 Enhanced Weediness: A Major Environmental Issue; 6 5 Past Experience with the Introduction of Modified Plants: Molecular Genetic Techniques; 7 6 Conclusions and Recommendations: Plants; 8 7 Past Experience with the Introduction of Microorganisms into the Environment; 9 8 Properties of the Genetic Modification; 10 9 Phenotypic Properties of Source Microorganisms and Their Genetically Modified Derivatives; 11 10 Properties of the Environment Relevant to the Introduction of Genetically Modified Microorganisms; 12 11 Conclusions and Recommendations: Microorganisms; 13 Appendix - Historical Overview of Nucleic Acid Biotechnology: 1973 to 1989; 14 Literature Cited; 15 Information on Committee Members