Field Testing of Transgenic Plants UT Plant Sciences转基因植物 UT植物科学的现场测试.pptVIP

Discussion Questions What are the two overarching objectives for the testing of transgenic plants? What are lower-tiered and upper-tiered testing? Examples? What controls are needed? Discussion Questions Continued What factors would be needed for the risk assessment of a non-agronomic trait, such as pharmaceuticals? How much testing or risk assessment is necessary for a new transgenic crop to be considered “safe”? What is Risk? What is Being Regulated? Why? Presence of the transgene…How does it affect the plant? Phenotype? Performance? Transgenic event Biosafety Concerns– human and env