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PowerPoint presentations for the symposium, Biotech Vegetables for Insect and Insect-Vectored Disease Management

 

The Rise and Fall of Bt Potatoes: Why and Where Next?
George G. Kennedy
Department of Entomology
North Carolina State University


Slow, Uncertain, but Steady Rise of Biotech Sweet Corn
Doug Plaisted
Syngenta Seeds


Potential of Bt Brassica Vegetables
Tony Shelton
New York State Agriculture Experiment Station
Cornell University


Casting Light on Biotech Mushrooms for Insect and Disease Management
C. Peter Romaine
Department of Plant Pathology
Pennsylvania State University


Controlling aphid-transmitted viruses through biotechnology
Dennis Gonsalves
Center Director
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center


The Next Generation of Transgenic Insect Control Proteins:
What's in the Pipeline

Graham Head
Monsanto Company


Development and Commercialization of Biotech Vegetables
Outside of the U.S.A.

Peter Gregory and Rob Potter (Cornell University)
Orlando de Ponti and Bert Uijtewaal (Nunza)


Consumer Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology A Market Experiment with Conventional and Biotech Sweet Corn
Jennifer S. James
Asst. Prof. of Agricultural Economics
Pennsylvania State University


Biotechnology Implications in Processed Vegetable Marketing
Mr. Tom Facer
Birdseye Foods


Food Safety of Vegetables Engineered for Insect Management
Bruce M. Chassy
Assistant Dean, Biotechnology Research & Outreach
University of Illinois


EPA Regulation of PIPs for Vegetables
Presently on leave from EPA and working with CAST
Sharlene R. Matten


Biotech Foods: The Road to Consumer Acceptance
Gregory Jaffe
Director, Biotechnology Project
Center for Science in the Public Interest


How Will Biotech Vegetables Affect Insecticide Use Patterns
Leonard Gianessi
National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy