Agricultural Biotechnology examines the current challenges and future prospects for agricultural biotechnology from the perspectives of academic, industrial, and governmental scientists.

Contents

1. Benefits: Present and Future
   • The Future of Agrobiotechnology: Implications for National Competitiveness
   • Insecticidal Bacillus thurgingiensis Plants versus Chemical Insecticides
   • Applications of Biotechnology for Improving the Healthfulness and Utility of Cereals

2. Analytical Methodologies
   • Enabling Grain Distribution and Food Labeling Using Protein Immunoassays for Products of Agricultural Biotechnology
   • Development of Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods to Detect Plant DNA in Animal Tissues

3. Food, Feed, and Environmental Safety Assessment
   • A Review of the Food/Feed Safety and Benefits of Bacillus thuringiensis Protein Containing Insect-Protected Crops
   • Impact of Bacillus thuringiensis Corn Pollen on Monarch Butterfly Populations: A Risk Assessment
   • Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Corn on Natural Enemies of the European Corn Borer
   • Allergy Assessment for Food Biotechnology
   • Role of Compositional Analyses in the Evaluation of Substantial Equivalence for Biotechnology Crops
   • Biotechnology Crops as Feeds for Livestock

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