RSS 1.0AgBioForum, vol. 06, no. 1 & 2 (2003)
Special Issue: Soybean Biotechnology. Click on one of the browse buttons above for a complete listing of the contents of this issue.
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Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Corn Rootworm Bt Seed Adoption
(AgBioForum, 2003)The likelihood of adopting corn rootworm (CRW) Bt seed technology was analyzed using an ordered logit model. Data used to estimate the model came from United States Department of Agriculture s 2001 Agricultural Resource ... -
Development and Marketing Strategies for Functional Foods
(AgBioForum, 2003)As the boundaries between food and medicine are fading, businesses face new challenges. These challenges include integrating research and development and marketing processes that shorten the time to market a new product. ... -
Research Prizes : A Mechanism to Reward Agricultural Innovation in Low-Income Regions
(AgBioForum, 2003)This paper identifies market failures that limit biotechnology research for farmers in low-income regions and proposes a system of cash prizes to reward the dissemination of successful innovations. The prize authority would ... -
Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods : Does it Really Provide Consumer Choice?
(AgBioForum, 2003)The mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) food aims to provide consumer choice. However, in the European Unionand elsewhere, GM food with mandatory labeling has disappeared from the retail shelves. Food processors ... -
Climate Change for Biotechnology? UK Public Opinion 1991- 2002
(AgBioForum, 2003)The 1991 2002 Eurobarometer surveys show a steady decline in optimism about biotechnology in the United Kingdom (UK) through the 1990s. After 1999, there is more optimism and less opposition to agri-food biotechnologies. ... -
Labeling Genetically Modified Foods : How Do US Consumers Want to See It Done?
(AgBioForum, 2003)If genetically modified food labeling occurs, policymakers will need to consider the form of the program: Should it be mandatory? What should be labeled? What should be on the label? Who should be in charge? We present ... -
Agronomics and Sustainability of Transgenic Cotton in Argentina
(AgBioForum, 2003)Transgenic Bt cotton can halve pesticide application rates in Argentina while significantly increasing yields. Yield effects are bigger than in other countries, due to the current low levels of insecticide use. Although ... -
The Dynamics of Biotechnology in the Soybean Marketplace
(AgBioForum, 2003)The goal of this paper is to explore market system dynamics associated with recent and potential future adoption of biotechnology in the soybean marketplace. The rapid and dramatic adoption of herbicide-tolerant varieties ... -
Role of Public and Private Soybean Breeding Programs in the Development of Soybean Varieties Using Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2003)Modern biotechnology has and will continue to play a valuable role in public and private soybean breeding programs. Tools provided by biotechnology will not replace soybean breeding in the public and private sectors but ... -
The United Soybean Board's Better Bean Initiative : Building United States Soybean Competitiveness from the Inside Out
(AgBioForum, 2003)Improving compositional quality traits for oil and protein content in soybeans has been a key factor in the industry for almost a decade. In order to build United States soybean competitiveness, the United Soybean Board ... -
Engineering Soybeans for Food and Health
(AgBioForum, 2003)Growth in consumption of soy foods is restricted by negative flavor associations of soybean products and a limitation in the range of possible food and beverage applications resulting from the constraints of soybean storage ... -
Modifications in Soybean Seed Composition to Enhance Animal Feed Use and Value : Moving From a Dietary Ingredient to a Functional Dietary Component
(AgBioForum, 2003)Animal feed is the primary user of the nonoil component of soybeans. Breeding and gene modification strategies have been successfully employed to alter the seed composition of soybeans in a manner that enhances their use ... -
Genetic Enhancement of Soybean Oil for Industrial Uses : Prospects and Challenges
(AgBioForum, 2003)Soybean oil is a renewable raw material for a wide variety of industrial products, including inks, plasticizers, and paints. The range of potential applications can be expanded by genetic improvements that alter the fatty ... -
The Future of Biotechnology in Soybeans
(AgBioForum, 2003)This article looks at rising soybean demand, how technology is improving soybeans, and the challenges that soybeans derived from biotechnology face. To help meet the challenges of increased soybean demand, biotechnology ... -
The Status of Soybean Genomics and Its Role in the Development of Soybean Biotechnologies
(AgBioForum, 2003)The soybean is a major world source of edible oil and high-quality protein. It has an interesting and complex genome structure. It has a rich repertoire of genomic tools and resources that include a vast expressed sequence ... -
A Soybean Biotechnology Outlook
(AgBioForum, 2003)Soybean has been closely associated with developments in science and technology, which established it as the world's leading source of vegetable oil and protein. Soybean will remain a candidate for further development via ...