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Straight talk on biotechnology / edited by Benigno D. Peczon, Abraham J. Manalo

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Science and society seriesPublisher: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2008]Description: 2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789715505512
  • 9789715505680
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 660.609599
Contents:
volume 1:
Part 1. Basics
An overview of various sciences and biotechnology : a timeline / Benigno D. Peczon
The basics and tools of modern biotechnology / Virginia Dia-Monje
Cloning / Ameurfina Dumlao-Santos
Part 2. Status of biotechnology
Global trends in commercial production of transgenic food and crops / Eufemio T. Rasco Jr.
Initiatives and perspective of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology / Ida F. Dalmacio
Agricultural biotechnology / Rhodora R. Aldemita
The PCARRD biotechnology program : then and the way forward / Patricio S. Faylon, Eileen C. Cardona
Commercializable biotechnology products and developed at the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology / Teresita M. Espino, Imelda V. Garcia
Marine biotechnology / Arturo O. Lluisma, Ma. Josefa R. Pante, Marco Nemesio E. Montaño
Use of biotechnology in rice R & D at IRRI / enrique L. Navarro, Gerard F. Barry
Part 3. The approval process
The Bt corn approval for commercial use, a case study / Saturnina C. Halos
Experience in Bt corn risk assessment / Emiliana N. Bernardo
Government guidance on biotechnology / Benigno D. Peczon
volume 2:
Part 4. Important issues regarding biotechnology
The assurance of GM food safety / Nina Gloriani Barzaga
The ethics of modern food biotechnology / Jesus Y. Varela
The socioeconomics of Gm food labelling / Abraham J. Manalo
Biotechnology education / Cynthia T. Hedreyda
Economic benefits of biotechnology / Leonardo A. Gonzales
Biotechnology : important environmental issues / Carmelita Ira Villamor, Veronica O. Sinohin
Biotechnology and intellectual property rights : an evolving helix of science and law / Ronilo Alejandro Beronio, Caezar Angelito E. Arceo, Jane G. Payumo
Part 5. Biotechnology in the future
Making Philippine biotechnology competitive / Evelyn Mae Tecson-Mendoza, Ida F. Dalmacio
Can GM crops help developing country farmers? / Channapatna S. Prakash, Gregory Conko
The future of plant biotechnology / Eufemio T. Rasco Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

volume 1:

Part 1. Basics

An overview of various sciences and biotechnology : a timeline / Benigno D. Peczon

The basics and tools of modern biotechnology / Virginia Dia-Monje

Cloning / Ameurfina Dumlao-Santos

Part 2. Status of biotechnology

Global trends in commercial production of transgenic food and crops / Eufemio T. Rasco Jr.

Initiatives and perspective of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology / Ida F. Dalmacio

Agricultural biotechnology / Rhodora R. Aldemita

The PCARRD biotechnology program : then and the way forward / Patricio S. Faylon, Eileen C. Cardona

Commercializable biotechnology products and developed at the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology / Teresita M. Espino, Imelda V. Garcia

Marine biotechnology / Arturo O. Lluisma, Ma. Josefa R. Pante, Marco Nemesio E. Montaño

Use of biotechnology in rice R & D at IRRI / enrique L. Navarro, Gerard F. Barry

Part 3. The approval process

The Bt corn approval for commercial use, a case study / Saturnina C. Halos

Experience in Bt corn risk assessment / Emiliana N. Bernardo

Government guidance on biotechnology / Benigno D. Peczon

volume 2:

Part 4. Important issues regarding biotechnology

The assurance of GM food safety / Nina Gloriani Barzaga

The ethics of modern food biotechnology / Jesus Y. Varela

The socioeconomics of Gm food labelling / Abraham J. Manalo

Biotechnology education / Cynthia T. Hedreyda

Economic benefits of biotechnology / Leonardo A. Gonzales

Biotechnology : important environmental issues / Carmelita Ira Villamor, Veronica O. Sinohin

Biotechnology and intellectual property rights : an evolving helix of science and law / Ronilo Alejandro Beronio, Caezar Angelito E. Arceo, Jane G. Payumo

Part 5. Biotechnology in the future

Making Philippine biotechnology competitive / Evelyn Mae Tecson-Mendoza, Ida F. Dalmacio

Can GM crops help developing country farmers? / Channapatna S. Prakash, Gregory Conko

The future of plant biotechnology / Eufemio T. Rasco Jr.

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