Economic Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology

Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2001]. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)47125266 Subject: Agricultural biotechnology -- Economic aspects. Excerpt: ... Background Milestones in Molecular Biology and U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology 1991 - USDA\'s Animal and Plant Scientific / Regulatory Intellectual Property Health Inspection Service ( APHIS ) 1866 - Mendel postulates rules to 1790 - U.S. Patent Act publishes guidelines for field trials of explain inheritance of biological 1930 - Plant Patent Act allows patenting GE crops characteristics of asexually reproduced plants 1992 - FDA announces policy on food 1908 - First hybrid corn produced 1970 - Plant Variety Protection Act derived from new plant varieties, 1918 - Economically feasible hybrid ( PVPA ) is an intellectual property including GE crops corn developed at the Connecticut rights system that protects only com-1993 - USDA / APHIS introduces Agricultural Experiment Station plete single varieties of plants. The simplified notification procedure for PVPA is not a patenting system and 1930 \' s - Rapid diffusion of hybrid field trials of some GE plants does not protect genetic traits or plant corn in Corn Belt transformation methods 1993 - FDA approves rBST for 1952 - First hybrid sorghum produced commercial use 1980 - Patent granted on basic recom-1953 - Watson and Crick discover binant DNA technology to Cohen and 1994 - First deregulation of a GE double-helix structure of DNA Boyer, Stanford University plant ( FlavrSavr tomato ) 1960 - Genetic code deciphered 1980 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that 1994 - Environmental Protection 1960 \' s - Entire U.S. corn area planted GE microorganisms can be patented Agency proposes rules regulating plant to hybrid corn under existing law pesticides. The rule was signed in 2000, although additional issues 1960 \' s - Hybrid wheat developed, but 1985 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office remain. The rule changes the name of not econom...