Contributors .................................................. vii
Introduction-Claire
G. Williams .................................................. 1
Section 1. Pros And Cons For Transgenic Conifer Plantations
Chapter 1.
Foresters and DNA
Jesse H. Ausubel, Paul E. Waggoner, Iddo K. Wernick ......... 13
Chapter 2.
The Question of Commercializing Transgenic Conifers
Claire G. Williams .......................................... 31
Chapter 3.
It's Just A Crop?: Public Perception and Transgenic Trees
Steven Anderson ............................................. 45
Section II. Genomics Methods, Resources And Alternative
Applications
Chapter 4.
Genomics Resources for Conifers
Jeffrey F.D. Dean ............................................ 55
Chapter 5.
A New Direction for Conifer Genomics
Kermit Ritland, Steven Ralph, Dustin Lippert, Dainis
Rungis, Jörg Bohlmann ....................................... 75
Chapter 6.
Using Genomics to Study Evolutionary Origins of Seeds
Eric D. Brenner, Dennis Stevenson ........................... 85
Chapter 7.
Metabolic Profiling for Transgenic Forest Trees
Hely Häggman, Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto ....................... 107
Section III. Viewing Transgenic Conifer Plantations On
A Landscape Scale
Chapter 8.
Dispersal of Transgenic Conifer Pollen
Gabriel Katul, Claire G. Williams, Mario Siqueira, Davide
Poggi, Amilcare Porporato, Heather McCarthy, Ram Oren ...... 121
Chapter 9.
Gene Flow in Conifers
Jeffry B. Mitton, Claire G. Williams ....................... 147
Chapter 10.
Pines as Invasive Aliens: Outlook on Transgenic Pine
Plantations in the Southern Hemisphere
David M. Richardson, Remy J. Petit ......................... 169
Section IV. Economics of Transgenic Technology Adoption
Chapter 11.
Economic Prospects and Policy Framework of Forest
Biotechnology for the Southern U.S.A. and South America
Frederick W. Cubbage, David N. Wear, Zohra Bennadji ........ 191
Chapter 12.
Private Forests and Transgenic Forest Trees
Mark A. Megalos ............................................ 209
Section V. Government Regulations and Biosafety
Chapter 13.
Canada's Regulatory Approach
Anne-Christine Bonfils ..................................... 229
Chapter 14.
Biosafety of Transgenic Trees in the United States
Ruth Irwin, Phillip B.C. Jones ............................. 245
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