Environmental Gene Release Models, experiments and risk assessment [Hardcover]

This book, resulting from an initiative of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, provides the mathematical background to model plant and microbial growth in soil. Written by a team of international experts, this book will appeal to a wide range of biologists, ecologists and regulators interested in the environmental consequences of biotechnology.Modelling plant and crop growth. LEACHB - A root-zone solute transport model describing population dynamics. Modelling microbial interactions in soil: preliminary considerations and approaches. Population dynamics of micro-organisms with different life strategies. Plasmid biology and risk assessment: elements for modelling approach of plasmid-mediated gene release in soil environments. Potential for gene exchange in the photosphere: isolation and characterisation of naturally occurring plasmids. Evaluation of methods for detecting ecological effects from genetically engineered micro-organisms and microbial pest control agents in terrestrial systems. Micro-organism sampling - can we detect differences? Risk assessment. Appendix.This volume, is however, novel in that it deals with the subject [releasing genetically manipulated organisms into the environment] from the standpoint of mathematical modelling of plant and microbial populations and gene flow. - Heredity