USDA - APHIS - Biotechnology

Biotechnology Meetings

Workshop on the Confinement of Genetically Engineered Crops during Field Testing September 13-15, 2004

Presentations and Abstracts

Background

Introduction to and principles of confinement;
Susan Koehler, Chief of the Environmental and Ecological Analysis Branch, USDA/APHIS/BRS
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Setting of AOSCA standards;
Allan Simons, President, AOSCA
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Modeling tools for gene flow and confinement;
Franco DiGiovanni, Air Quality Modeller, AriZOne Inc.
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Confinement analysis critical control points (CACCP) and quality control/monitoring;
Stacy Charlton, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Syngenta Seeds, Inc.
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Monitoring to verify confinement;
Jeff Wolt, BIGMAP, Iowa State University.
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Bioconfinement - molecular strategies for gene containment;
Henry Daniell, University of Central Florida.
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Breakout Groups

Wind Pollinated Crops (e.g. Corn)

Integrating the biological and physical components of maize pollen dispersal;
Mark Westgate, Iowa State University.
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What we have learned in four years of production;
Bill Horan, Horan Brothers Farms
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Practical application of redundant systems for biological confinement;
Mark Halsey, Consultant, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, Program for Biosafety Systems.
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Self Pollinated Crops (e.g. Rice)
Dynamics of pollen dispersal and confinement in U.S. rice;
David Gealy, USDA/ARS.
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Gene containment via process management;
John Nelsen, Rice Tech.
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Opportunities for confinement of rice;
Donna Mitten, Bayer Crop Science.
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Insect Pollinated Crops (e.g. Safflower)
Confining safflower pollen during regeneration of germplasm seed stocks;
Richard Johnson, USDA/ARS.
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Confinement of transgenes - seed and volunteer crops;
Linda Hall, University of Alberta.
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PMP safflower confinement at SemBioSys;
Rick Keon, SemBioSys.
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Public Meeting

Pollen-Mediated gene flow in California cotton;
A.E. Van Deynze, F.J Sundstrom and K.J. Bradford, University of California Seed Biotechnology Center.
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Assessing pollen flow and outcross in maize;
Susana Goggi, Iowa State Unversity, Ames, IA.
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Optimizing pollen confinement in maize grown for regulated products;
Gene Stevens, University of Missouri-Delta Research Center.
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Gene flow from Oryza sativa to wild relatives of rice and weedy rice under tropical conditions;
Ana M. Espinoza, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Theoretical prediction of insect-mediated gene dispersal;
James Cresswell, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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Four years of experience growing transgenic crops, public presentation;
Bill Horan, Horan Brothers Farms
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