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- Title
The advantages and disadvantages of the application of genetic engineering to forest trees: a discussion
- Authors
Campbell, M. M.; Mathews, J. H.
- Abstract
This review briefly examines moral arguments for and against geneticengineering (GE) technology in trees, finding equal support for bothsides of the debate. Subsequently, environmental costs and benefits are reviewed. Due to the complexity of tree-environment interactions,clear-cut answers are not forthcoming. However, some environmental risks are deemed to be potentially serious; the nature of such risks and possibilities for their containment are described. Assessment of such risks should be undertaken by interdisciplinary teams including ecologists and microbiologists, with the onus being on biotechnological scientists to prove, to the satisfaction of consumers, that the technology they produce is safe. A well-functioning regulatory mechanismis necessary if benefits of GE technology are to be maximized while keeping to a minimum any associated risks.
- Subjects
FORESTS &; forestry; TECHNOLOGY; PLANT development; GENETIC engineering; ECONOMICS; BOTANY; GENETICS
- Publication
Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 2000, Vol 73, Issue 4, p371
- ISSN
0015-752X
- Publication type
Article