Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants The Scope and Adequacy of Regulation (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Andow is professor of insect ecology at the University of Minnesota's Department of Entomology. His research interests include the ecology of beneficial insects for use in biological control in sweet corn, vegetational diversity and conservation of natural enemies, biotechnology science policy, ecology of insect species invasions, host plant resistance in corn, and resistance management of transgenic plants.
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Dr. Ellstrand has participated in a number of government and National Research Council meetings concerning genetically modified organisms including the NRC planning meeting on technology and intellectual property challenges associated with genetically modified seeds.
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She studies tritrophic interactions in a variety of contexts and communities, including tropical rain forests in Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea, subsistence farmers' fields in Africa, and tomato agroecosystems in California. Her most recent publications include issues examining the ecological and human health effects of genetically modified organisms and top-down and bottom-up forces in tropical forest communities.
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In 1991 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He also served as both a member and chair of the National Research Council's Scientific Council to the Plant Gene Expression Center from 1985 to 1993.
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