With its overall objective of providing a forum for public researchers to be informed about and involved in international regulations and policies pertaining to modern biotechnology, one of PRRI’s activities is to provide information about general and specific scientific topics relevant to those regulations and policies.
The links below link to pages with summaries and links to further background information about specific scientific topics that are currently discussed in the context of regulations:
General topics:
- Plant Breeding
- Genetic Modification/Engineering
- Comparing plant breeding and GM on DNA level
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Food/Feed Safety Assessment
- Modern Biotechnology in Integrated Crop management
Specific topics:
- New Breeding Techniques
- Synthetic biology
- Gene drives
- Herbicide tolerance / resistance
- Horizontal gene transfer
These pages often have also a pass word protected “member area” that offers further background information and a possibility for PRRI members to exchange information and comments.
Non PRRI members are welcome to send any suggestions and comments to: info @ prri.net.
Links to sources in other languages.
French
German: