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IND-ØØ41Ø-5 - Verdeca HB4 Soybean | Soybean, Soya bean, Soya, SOYBN
IND-ØØ41Ø-5 - Verdeca HB4 Soybean | Soybean, Soya bean, Soya, SOYBN, Tolerance to abiotic stress, Selectable marker genes and reporter genes
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IND-ØØ412-7 - Drought-tolerant wheat (HB4 wheat) | Wheat, Resistance to herbicides, Tolerance to abiotic stress
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Table of Contents: Module 1 - Overview of Biosafety and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; Module 2 - Overview of the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms; Module 3 - Sample Preparation and Extraction; Module 4 - Techniques for Detection and Identification; Module 5 - Introduction to Quality Assurance/Quality Control Standards and Module 6 - Reporting.
Conservation of biological diversity and ensuring safety in genetic engineering activity are the most important tasks of environmental activity and the protection of human and animal health in the Republic of Belarus and aim to achieve progress in the implementation of the approach “One Health”. In 2002, the Republic of Belarus acceded to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and it effectively fulfills its commitments under the Protocol. The monograph deals with international and national legal regulation in the field of biosafety both in general sense and in relation to its key sphere ― genetically engineered organisms (GEO) detection. Cutting-edge methodological approaches that allow effective GEO monitoring are deliberated, the issues related to the detection of new GEO generations are examined, databases and databanks and their role in assisting of laboratory GEO detection are considered. Issues that may in the near future have an important impact both on GEO detection and identification spheres and biosafety in general are touched upon. The monograph in Russian and English is destined for specialists who evaluate the quality of food, feed, and seed material, scientists, university professors, PhD students, Master’s students, students, as well as for everyone who is interested in the issues dealing with GEO development and ensuring of safety in genetic engineering activity.
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. They are not a bank in the common sense. They are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 184 member countries—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). Each institution plays a different but supportive role in their mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Together they provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes.