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Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms (2004)

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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources PUBLICATIONS Policy and Resources Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor: Proceedings of an International Conference (2000) Agricultural Biotechnology: Strategies for National Competitiveness (1987) Agriculture and the Undergraduate: Proceedings (1992) Agriculture's Role in K-12 Education: A Forum on the National Science Education Standards (1998) Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs (2003) Alternative Agriculture (1989) Animal Biotechnology: Science-Based Concerns (2002) Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area (1998) Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: Public Service and Public Policy (1996) Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: A Profile (1995) Countering Agricultural Bioterrorism (2003) Designing an Agricultural Genome Program (1998) Designing Foods: Animal Product Options in the Marketplace (1988) Diagnosis and Control of Johne's Disease (2003) Ecological Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops (2001) 241

242 BOARD ON AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLICATIONS Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century (1996) Emerging Animal Diseases--Global Markets, Global Safety: A Workshop Summary (2002) Ensuring Safe Food: From Production to Consumption (1998) Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants: The Scope and Adequacy of Regulation (2002) Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics: Workshop Summary (2002) Forested Landscapes in Perspective: Prospects and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of America's Nonfederal Forests (1997) Frontiers in Agricultural Research: Food, Health, Environment, and Communities (2003) Future Role of Pesticides for U.S. Agriculture (2000) Genetic Engineering of Plants: Agricultural Research Opportunities and Policy Concerns (1984) Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation (2000) Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference (2000) Investing in Research: A Proposal to Strengthen the Agricultural, Food, and Environmental System (1989) Investing in the National Research Initiative: An Update of the Competitive Grants Program in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1994) Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies (1993) Managing Global Genetic Resources: Forest Trees (1991) Managing Global Genetic Resources: Livestock (1993) Managing Global Genetic Resources: The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (1991) National Capacity in Forestry Research (2002) National Research Initiative: A Vital Competitive Grants Program in Food, Fiber, and Natural Resources Research (2000) New Directions for Biosciences Research in Agriculture: High-Reward Opportunities (1985) Pesticide Resistance: Strategies and Tactics for Management (1986) Pesticides and Groundwater Quality: Issues and Problems in Four States (1986) Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children (1993) Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century: Geospatial and Information Technologies in Crop Management (1997)

BOARD ON AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLICATIONS 243 Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests (2002) Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management (2000) Rangeland Health: New Methods to Classify, Inventory, and Monitor Rangelands (1994) Regulating Pesticides in Food: The Delaney Paradox (1987) Resource Management (1991) The Scientific Basis for Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Interim Report (2002) Soil and Water Quality: An Agenda for Agriculture (1993) Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory, Volume 1 (1986); Volume 2 (1986) Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics (1993) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education in the Field: A Proceedings (1991) Toward Sustainability: A Plan for Collaborative Research on Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (1991) Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education (1988) The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks (1999) Water Transfers in the West: Efficiency, Equity, and the Environment (1992) Wood in Our Future: The Role of Life Cycle Analysis (1997) Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals Series and Related Titles Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs (2003) Building a North American Feed Information System (1995) (available from the Board on Agriculture) Metabolic Modifiers: Effects on the Nutrient Requirements of Food- Producing Animals (1994) Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2003) Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle, Seventh Revised Edition, Update (2000) Nutrient Requirements of Cats, Revised Edition (1986) Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle, Seventh Revised Edition (2001) Nutrient Requirements of Dogs, Revised Edition (1985) Nutrient Requirements of Fish (1993) Nutrient Requirements of Horses, Fifth Revised Edition (1989) Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals, Fourth Revised Edition (1995) Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates, Second Revised Edition (2003)

244 BOARD ON AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES PUBLICATIONS Nutrient Requirements of Poultry, Ninth Revised Edition (1994) Nutrient Requirements of Sheep, Sixth Revised Edition (1985) Nutrient Requirements of Swine, Tenth Revised Edition (1998) Predicting Feed Intake of Food-Producing Animals (1986) Role of Chromium in Animal Nutrition (1997) Ruminant Nitrogen Uses (1985) Scientific Advances in Animal Nutrition: Promise for the New Century (2001) Vitamin Tolerance of Animals (1987) Further information, additional titles (prior to 1984), and prices are available from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Wash- ington, D.C. 20001, 202-334-3313 (information only). To order any of the titles you see above, visit the National Academies Press bookstore at http:// www.nap.edu/bookstore.

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Genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) have been under development for more than 20 years while GE crops have been grown commercially during the last decade. During this time, a number of questions have cropped up concerning the potential consequences that certain GEOs might have on natural or managed ecosystems and human health. Interest in developing methods to confine some GEOs and their transgenes to specifically designated release settings has increased and the success of these efforts could facilitate the continued growth and development of this technology.

Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms examines biological methods that may be used with genetically engineered plants, animals, microbes, and fungi. Bioconfinement methods have been applied successfully to a few non-engineered organisms, but many promising techniques remain in the conceptual and experimental stages of development. This book reviews and evaluates these methods, discusses when and why to consider their use, and assesses how effectively they offer a significant reduction of the risks engineered organisms can present to the environment.

Interdisciplinary research to develop new confinement methods could find ways to minimize the potential for unintended effects on human health and the environment. Need for this type of research is clear and successful methods could prove helpful in promoting regulatory approval for commercialization of future genetically engineered organisms.

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