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Tuesday
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Thursday
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Sep
28
Class overview &
organization
(Strauss)
Required
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Pringle: pp. 1-37,
141-203
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Informing
the dialogue, Cornell, 2002
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Agricultural
biotechnolgy: savior or scourge? -
NABC
13, pp.
32-45
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Why
are people hostile to biotechnologies?, 2004
Background
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Labeling
Genetically Engineered Foods - Ag Bioforum, 2003
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Harvest
on Horizon,
Pew - 2001
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Viewpoint:
On the origin of specious critics, 1985
Patents
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Peterson
Lecture Outline 2004
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Breeding
sanity into the GM food debate, 2004
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Access
to intellectual property is a major obstacle to developing transgenic
horticultural crops - California Agriculture, Vol 58 No. 2, pp.
1-10
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Gene
Patents: socially acceptable monopolies or an unnecessary hindrance to
research?, 2001
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Patenting
Agriculture - Issues Online 2001
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Basic
requirements for patents
Pro-biotech
overviews
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The
benefits of Biotech - Regulation 2003
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Plant
biotechnology: Current and potential impact for improving pest management in US
agriculture - NCFAP, 2002
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GM
Foods Brochure
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Good
ideas are growing, 2004
Anti-biotech
overviews
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Genetically
engineered crops: Myths or realities -Lecture,
2003
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Ecological
Impacts of Transgenic Crops on Agroecosystem Health,
2000
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GMO
Crops, a decade of failure, Friends of the Earth report -
1994-2004
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FOODday
article with sample of anti-biotech books, 2000
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Sep
30
Status of biotech crops
worldwide
(Strauss)
Required
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Pringle: pp.
79-95
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Japanese
controversies over transgenic crop regulation
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A
growing controversy: An effort to genetically create a Roundup-tolerant grass
seed stalls because of market, scientific and regulatory dilemmas., Oregonian,
Sep 12,
2004
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Genes
From Engineered Grass Spread for Miles-NY Times, 2004
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The
Travels of a Bioengineered Gene,
NY
Times Editorial,
2004
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Public
attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology - FAO,
2004
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The
Economic Impacts of Biotechnology Based Technological Innovations -
FAO, 2004
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Pew
- Issues in Regulation, pp. 1-10
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California
Agriculture - Regulatory challenges reduce opportunity for
horticultural biotechnology - Vol 58, No. 2, pp. 82-83, 106-109,
111
Background
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Genetically
modified crops in the United States - PEW, 2004
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Environmental
Impacts - FAO, 2003, Chapter 5 - Section B
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The
rapid emergence of GE modification in world agriculture: contested risks and
benefits - Environmental Conservation, 2001
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Landscape
gene flow, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 2004
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Issues
in the regulation of genetically engineered plants and animals, pp. 1-10 -
PEW 2004
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An
assessment of the risks associated with use of antibiotic resistant genes in
genetically modified plants, 2004
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Genetically
engineered organisms and the environment: current status and recommendations -
ESA
, 2003
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US
vs. EU Trade Issues Report -
PEW, 2003
Farm-scale trials
UK
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Deciding
the future of GM crops in Europe - Science, 2003
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UK
field-scale evaluations answer wrong questions - Nature Biotechnology,
2003
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UK
farm-scale evaluations of transgenic herbicide-tolerant crops - Nature
Biotechnology, 2003
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2
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Oct
5
Origins of agriculture and
plant breeding: (Peterson)
Required
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History
of plant breeding, Colorado State U
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Evolution,
consequences and future of plant and animal domestication - Nature,
2002
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Oct
7
The Green
Revolution
(Peterson)
Required
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Pringle: pp.
38-56
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Green
Revolution: Curse or Blessing? - IFPRI, 2003
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Malthus
foiled again and again - Nature, 2002
Background
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From
the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution, FAO 2003, Chapter 3 - Section
A
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Oct
12
The science of
genes
(Filichkin)
Required
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California
Agriculture - 2004, Vol. 58, No. 2 pp. 71
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DNA/transgenic
plant basics, Colorado State U
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From a source of choice:
Review
DNA
structure, replication,
expression; genome size, structure, transposons, and repetitive
DNA
; genomic expression and
sequencing methods such as microarray
DNA
chips, EST sequencing;
genomic information databases, sequence comparisions between species; gene
amplification/detection via
PCR
; and
DNA
fingerprinting. A few of the many choices:
Cold Spring Harbor animated lessons, U
Kansas Genetics Education Center, Gene
school links
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Oct
14
Biotechnologies
(Strauss)
Required
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Virus
resistant transgenic papaya helps save Hawaiian industry - California
Agriculture, 2004, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp.92 -93
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What
is Agricultural Biotechnology? - FAO, Chapter 2 - Section A
Background
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Good
Ideas are Growing - Council for Biotechnology Information,
2003
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A comparison between crop
domestication, classical plant breeding, and genetic engineering
- Crop
Sci, 2002
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Molecular strategies for gene
containment in transgenic crops - Nature Biotechnology,
2002
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Transgenic
virus resistant papaya-from hope to reality -
APS
Net, 2004
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Oct
19
Chemicals of
concern
(Jenkins)
Required
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EU
starts a chemical reaction - Science, 2003
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Get
a Load of the Mono-2-Ethylhexyl-Phthalate In That Guy -
Washington
Post, 2004
Background
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Possible
dispute over EU policy - Chemical & Engineering News,
2004
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Paracelsus
to parascience: the environmental cancer distraction - Mutation
Research, 2000
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EU
parliament document / chemical registration
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Breaking
the cycle - EPA, 2002
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Oct
21
Chemicals in the
environment
(Jenkins)
Required
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Pollution
gets personal - Science, 2004
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Centers
for Disease Control pp. 1-5, 2003
Background
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Pharmaceutical,
hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in US Streams, 1999-2000, 2002 Report
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Oct
26
The food industry and
regulation of food safety
(McGorrin)
Required
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Pringle: pp. 57-68,
96-120
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Food
safety evaluation of crops produced through biotechnology,
2002
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FDA
letter to Kitzhaber, 2002
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NRC/IOM
report Figure 1
Background
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Institute
of Food Technologists Expert Reports on biotechnology and foods (intro,
labeling, benefits, concerns) , IFT 2002
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Flies
in the soup - European GM labeling legislation - Nature Biotechnology
2004
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Biotech
foods: a closed and reopened case - American Chem Soc,
2000
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Questions
linger over European GM food regulations - Nature Biotechnology,
2004
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NRC/IOM
GM Food Safety - Exec Summ
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Beyond
substantial equivalence -Nature, 1999
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Assessment
of the food safety issues related to genetically modified foods -
Plant Journal, 2001
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Outline
of FDA regulation GM food - FDA, 1992
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The
safety of GM foods produced through biotechnology - Society of
Toxicology, 2003
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Oct
28
Natural vs. synthetic
chemicals
(Sudakin)
Required
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Botanical
medicines - the need for new regulations, 2002
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Regulatory
framework for functional foods and dietary supplements,
2004
Background
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Dietary
Supplements: A framework for evaluating safety - National Research Council,
2004
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Nov
2
Pest control, pesticides, and the
story of DDT
(Jepson)
Required
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DDT:
Ubiquity, persistence and risks, 2002
Background
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Res
& Regulation Pesticides 50 yrs, J Ag Food Chem,
2002
Lecture related
notes
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Nov
4
Ethics and animal
rights:
(Baggott)
Required
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Ethics
in practice - Iowa State, pp. 275-280
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On
telos and genetic engineering
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Brave
new birds: The use of animal integrity in animal ethics
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Ethics
and GM Foods -
NABC
13, pp.
183-197
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New
Nuffield report summary, pp. xxiii-xx
Background
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Is
repugnance wise? Visceral responses to biotechnology - Nature
Biotechnology, 2004
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Agricultural
Ethics - Plant Physiology, 2004
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Debating
the precautionary principle: "Guilty until proven innocent" or "Innocent until
proven guilty"? - Plant Physiology, 2003
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A
view from Edinburgh on cloning and genetic engineering
Lecture related
notes
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Vexing
nature - Comstock - ethics
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Nov
9
Organic and ecological
agriculture
(Stone, Durst)
Required
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Organic
Crop Production Overview - ATTRA, 2004 (pages 1-8 through "integrity";
23, summary only; boxes on pp. 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20,
22)
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Organic:
Is it the future of farming? - Nature, 2004
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Urban
myths of organic farming - Nature, 2001
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Organic
movement reveals a shift in the social position of science - Nature,
2001
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Organics
definition/exclusion of GMOs - OMRI, 2004
Background
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Organic
farming: science and belief
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Detailed
background paper on organics and GMOs - OMRI, 2000
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Decision
tree on GMOs and organic certification - OMRI, 2000
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National
Organics regulation:
Peruse these sections: § 205.100 Applicability, § 205.101 Exemptions and
exclusions, § 205.605 Nonagricultural (nonorganic) substances, § 205.606
Non-organically produced agricultural products, § 205.607 Amending the
National List
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Concepts
of intrinsic value and integrity of plants in organic plant breeding and
propagation - Crop Science, 2003
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Conventional
and organic tomato agroecosystems, 1995
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Mastitis
in organic and conventional dairy herds, 2001
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Soil
fertility and biodiversity in organic farming, 2002
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Sustainability
of three apple production systems, 2001
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Crop
pollination from native bees at risk from agricultural intensification, 2002
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Alternative
and conventional farming and sustainability, Reganold
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Nov
11
Sustainability and minimum
tillage agriculture (Luna)
Required
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Conservation
Tillage Biotech -
CTIC
, 2004
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Editorial:
Missing the big picture - Nature, 2003
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Book
Review: Hybrids abounding - dangerous liaisons? When cultivated plants mate
with their wild relatives - Nature Biotechnology,
2004
Required - Honors
Section ONLY - Intellectual
Property Controversies
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Patenting
Agriculture, 2001
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Breeding
sanity into the GM food debate, 2004
Background
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Sustainable
Agriculture, Scientific American 1990
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Assessing
the risks associated with new agricultural practices - Nature,
2002
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The
second silent spring? - Nature, 1999
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Potential
for the environmental impact of transgenic crops - Nature
Biotechnology, 2002
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Agricultural
sustainability and intensive production practices - Nature,
2002
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Comparative
environmental impacts of biotechnology derived and traditional soybean, corn,
and cotton crops - CAST, 2002
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Nov
16
Dolly, BST, and transgenic
animals
(Croney)
Required
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Biotech
in Barnyard - Pew, 2003, pp. 1-15
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Animal
Biotechnology: science-based concerns - NRC,
2002
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Engineered
fish: friend or foe
- Science,
2002
Background
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Animal
biotechnology and industry: Challenges and opportunities in the real world,
1999
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BST
and human safety -
Michigan
State
, 1994
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Ranking
risks of gene-altered animals - NY Times, 2002
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BST
in cows health report, 1999
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Nov 18 -
Term Paper Outline Due
"Tacogate"
(Sudakin)
Required
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Starlink
corn: a risk analysis - EHP, 2003
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Nov
23
BT insect-tolerant
crops
(Jepson)
Required
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Pringle: pp.
121-140
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Are
Bt crops safe? - Nature
Biotechnology, 2003
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Insect
Resistance to Bt Crops: Lessons from the first seven years - ISB, 2003, pp.
1-4
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Editorial:
Why Bt cotton pays for small-scale
producers in South Africa - Nature Biotechnology,
2004
Background
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New
Leaf potato -
NABC
pp.
235-242
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Resistance
to Bt crops surprisingly absent from
pests - Nature Biotechnology, 2003
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Economic,
ecological, food safety, and social consequences of the development of Bt
transgenic plants, 2002
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The
monarch butterfly controversy: scientific interpretations of a phenomenon - Plant Journal, 2001
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Nov
25
Thanksgiving - No
Class
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Nov
30
Future foods and
drugs
(Strauss)
Required
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Edible
Vaccines - Scientific American, 2000
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Fear
of Pharming - Scientific American 2004
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Pharming
the Field - PEW,
2003
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Editorial:
Drugs in crops - the unpalatable truth - Nature Biotechnology,
2004
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Should
we be pharming with food crops -
NABC
15, 2003- pp.
191-195
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Biopharmaceuticals
derived from genetically modified plants - QJ Med,
2004
Background
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On
risk and plant-based biopharmaceuticals - Trends in Biotechnology,
2004
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Going
to "great lengths" to prevent the escape of genes that produce specialty
chemicals - Plant Physiology, 2003
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NABC
14, pp. 121-126, 143-152, 153-166
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Dec 2 - Term
Paper and all essays due / Class evaluations - Student Presentations
Who are the winners and
losers? (Strauss)
Required
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Enhancing
the crops to feed the poor - Nature, 2002
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Insect
resistant maize for Africa: lab to field and challenges along the way
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NABC
15, pp.
167-172
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The
Cartagena Protocol and the future of biotech - Nature Biotechnology,
2004
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Can
Biotechnology Meet the Needs of the Poor? - FAO, 2003, Chapter 1 - Section
A
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New
Nuffield report summary, pp. xxiii-xx
Background
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Opportunities
for challenges to plant biotechnology adoption in developing countries
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NABC
15 pp.
245-261
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Plant
biotechnology in China - Science, 2002
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Yield
effects of genetically modified crops in developing countries -
Science, 2003
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Advances
in plant biotechnology and its adoption in developing countries,
2003
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The
papaya story: a special case or a generic approach? -
NABC
15 pp.
223-230
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World
Hunger: 12 Myths - Second Edition, pp. 1 - 41
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