Transgenic insects: techniques and applications
Transgenic insects: techniques and applications [electronic resource]
Edited by M. Q. Benedict.
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- WallingfordUK CABI 2014
- 375pp.;
- CABI Biotechnology Series .
- CABI Biotechnology Series .
Insect transgenesis promises improvements in agriculture, pharmaceuticals and public health. Many important insects can now be routinely transformed with effectors that have useful applications. Agriculture presents the largest market for transgenic insects and has a foundational history of success with sterile insect technique for control of pests including Mediterranean fruit flies and screwworms. Biotechnology will contribute superior markers, suppressible sterility and sex-conversion. Public health is also seeing transgenic mosquitoes developed which suppress natural populations and are incapable of transmitting disease. Experts in the field will contribute their insights into the latest technology and its applications. Authors will also consider the larger risks, social and economic aspects of transgenic insects whose value must be proven in political, regulatory and public acceptance arenas.
9781780644523
10.1079/9781780644516.0000 doi
Diptera genetic engineering mosquitoes genetically engineered animals vectors invertebrates germ line plant pests animals insect pests arthropod pests insects genetic improvement pest arthropods genetically modified animals pest insects arthropods insect control risk assessment eukaryotes pest control biosafety Hexapoda genetic transformation pests genetically modified organisms transgenic organisms GMOs genetic manipulation Culicidae transgenic animals disease vectors genetically engineered organisms phenotypes genetic control GEOs
Insect transgenesis promises improvements in agriculture, pharmaceuticals and public health. Many important insects can now be routinely transformed with effectors that have useful applications. Agriculture presents the largest market for transgenic insects and has a foundational history of success with sterile insect technique for control of pests including Mediterranean fruit flies and screwworms. Biotechnology will contribute superior markers, suppressible sterility and sex-conversion. Public health is also seeing transgenic mosquitoes developed which suppress natural populations and are incapable of transmitting disease. Experts in the field will contribute their insights into the latest technology and its applications. Authors will also consider the larger risks, social and economic aspects of transgenic insects whose value must be proven in political, regulatory and public acceptance arenas.
9781780644523
10.1079/9781780644516.0000 doi
Diptera genetic engineering mosquitoes genetically engineered animals vectors invertebrates germ line plant pests animals insect pests arthropod pests insects genetic improvement pest arthropods genetically modified animals pest insects arthropods insect control risk assessment eukaryotes pest control biosafety Hexapoda genetic transformation pests genetically modified organisms transgenic organisms GMOs genetic manipulation Culicidae transgenic animals disease vectors genetically engineered organisms phenotypes genetic control GEOs