Biotechnology for Sustainability -
Publications

The publications referenced below provide a good starting point for learning about how agricultural biotechnology affects sustainability. While this is by no means a complete list, it is our intent to provide information that is factual and presents an overview of the industry.

2012

Leifeld J (2012) How sustainable is organic farming? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 150: 121-122.

Bruce TJA (2012) GM as a route for delivery of sustainable crop protection. Journal of Experimental Botany 63: 537-541.

2011

Beatty, P.H., and Good, A.G. (2011). Future prospects for cereals that fix nitrogen. Science 333, 416-417.

Tait, J., and Barker, G. (2011). Global food security and the governance of modern biotechnologies. EMBO Reports 12, 763-768.

Park, J.R., McFarlane, I., Phipps, R.H., & Ceddia, G. The role of transgenic crops in sustainable development. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2011. 9: p. 2-21.

2010

Miller, J.K. & Bradford, K.J. The regulatory bottleneck for biotech specialty crops. Nature Biotechnology, 2010. 28: p. 1012-1014.

Strauss, S.H. et al. Far-reaching deleterious impacts of regulations on research and enviromental studies of recombinant DNA-modified perennial biofuel crops in the United States. Bioscience, 2010. 60: p. 729-741.

Ervin, D. and Welsh, R., eds. Genetically engineered crops and U.S. agricultural sustainability. Choices, 2010. 25(2).

Hutchison, W.D. et al. Areawide suppression of European corn borer with Bt maize reaps savings to non-Bt maize growers. Science, 2010. 330: p. 222-225

Glover, J.D. et al. Increased food and ecosystem security via perennial grains. Science, 2010. 328: p. 1638-1639

McGinnis, E.E., Meyer, M.H., and Smith, A.G. Sweet and sour: A scientific and legal look at herbicide-tolerant sugar beet. Plant Cell, 2010. 22: p. 1653-1657.

Schenk, M.F., et al., Consumer attitudes toward hypoallergenic apples that alleviate mild apple allergy. Food Quality and Preference, 2010. Article in press

National Research Council, The impact of genetically engineered crops on farm sustainability in the United States, 2010, The National Academies Press.

Fedoroff, N.V., et al., Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century. Science, 2010. 327: p. 833-834.

Bagla, P., India After Acrimonious Debate, India Rejects GM Eggplant. Science, 2010. 327(5967): p. 767-767.

2009

Lemaux, P.G., Genetically engineered plants and foods: A scientist's analysis of the issues (Part II). Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2009. 60(1): p. 511-559.

McWilliams, J.E. Just food: where locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly. 2009; Little, Brown and Company.

Stein, A.J. and E. Rodriguez-Cerezo, The global pipeline of new GM crops: Implications of asynchronous approval for international trade. 2009: p. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports.

Qaim, M., The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops. Annu Rev Resour Econ, 2009. 1: p. 665-93.

Lichtfouse, E., et al., Agronomy for sustainable agriculture. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2009. 29(1): p. 1-6.

James, C., Global status of commercialized biotech/GM crops: 2008 International Service for the Acquision of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), 2009. Brief 39.

Graff, G.D., D. Zilberman, and A.B. Bennett, The contraction of agbiotech product quality innovation. Nature Biotechnology, 2009. 27(8): p. 702-704.

Brookes, G. and P. Barfoot, Global Impact of Biotech Crops: Income and Production Effects, 1996-2007. AgBioForum, 2009. 12(2): p. 184-208.

Barach, J., Clay, J., Raquet, B., Steiner, J., Tolman, R., Field to Market: The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. 2009.

[Anon], The cup half empty. Nature Genetics, 2009. 41(6): p. 635-635.

2008

Ronald, P.C. and R.W. Adamchak, Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food. 2008, New York: Oxford University Press.

Witcombe, J.R., et al., Breeding for abiotic stresses for sustainable agriculture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2008. 363(1492): p. 703-716.

Lemaux, P.G., Genetically engineered plants and foods: A scientist's analysis of the issues (Part I). Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2008.59: p. 771-812.

Rivera-Ferre, M.G., The future of agriculture Agricultural knowledge for economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development. Embo Reports, 2008. 9(11): p. 1061-1066.

Paarlberg, R. Starved for science: how biotechnology is being kept out of Africa. 2008; Harvard University Press.

Pollock, C., et al., Introduction. Sustainable agriculture II. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2008. 363(1492): p. 683-683.

Pollock, C., et al., Introduction. Sustainable agriculture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2008. 363(1491): p. 445-446.

Lal, R., Soils and sustainable agriculture. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2008. 28(1): p. 57-64.

Hobbs, P.R., K. Sayre, and R. Gupta, The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 2008. 363(1491): p. 543-555.

Francis, C.A., et al., Transdisciplinary research for a sustainable agriculture and food sector. Agronomy Journal, 2008. 100(3): p. 771-776.

Anderson, W.A., College Students' View of Biotechnology Products and Practices in Sustainable Agriculture Systems. Journal of National Resources & Life Sciences Education, 2008. 37: p. 69-74.

Alston, J.M. and P.G. Pardey, Public funding for research into specialty crops. Hortscience, 2008. 43(5): p. 1461-1470.

2007

Zhang, Q. (2007). Strategies for developing Green Super Rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 16402-16409

Kalaitzandonakes, N., J.M. Alston, and K.J. Bradford, Compliance costs for regulatory approval of new biotech crops. Nature Biotechnology, 2007. 25(5): p. 509-511.

Fuchs, M. and D. Gonsalves, Safety of virus-resistant transgenic plants two decades after their introduction: Lessons from realistic field risk assessment studies. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2007. 45: p. 173-202.

2006

Bradford, K.J., J.M. Alston, and N. Kalaitzandonakes, Regulation of biotechnology for specialty crops, in Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy, R. Just, J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman, Editors. 2006, Springer Publishers: New York. p. 683-697.

2004

Federoff, N.V. and N.M. Brown, Mendel in the kitchen: a scientist's view of genetically modified food. 2004; Joseph Henry Press.

Miller, H.I. and G. Conko, The Frankenfood myth: how protest and politics threaten the biotech revolution. 2004; Praeger.