Tuesday, 28 October 2003: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

231-243 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Program Symposium: Biotech Vegetables for Insect and Insect-vectored Disease Management

Organizer(s): Shelby J. Fleischer
Anthony M. Shelton
1:00 PM0639Rise and fall of biotech potatoes: Why and where next?
George Kennedy
1:15 PM0640Slow, uncertain, but steady rise of biotech sweet corn
Doug Plaisted
1:30 PM0641Potential of Bt Brassica vegetables
Anthony M. Shelton
1:45 PM0642Casting light on biotech mushrooms for insect and disease management
Charles Peter Romaine
2:00 PM0643Controlling aphid-transmitted viruses through biotechnology
Dennis Gonsalves
2:15 PM0644What's in the pipeline: The next generation of molecules
Graham P. Head
2:30 PM0645Development and commercialization of biotech vegetables outside of the United States
Peter Gregory, Orlando De Ponti, Rob Potter
2:45 PMBreak
3:00 PM0646Consumer attitudes about biotechnology in the U.S. and internationally
Cindy Lynn Richard
3:15 PM0647Consumer purchases of labeled Bt sweet corn in the fresh market
Jennifer James
3:30 PM0648Biotech vegetables: World market implications
Tom Facer
3:45 PM0649Food safety of vegetables engineered for insect management
Bruce Chassy
4:00 PM0650Regulatory history and future for biotech vegetables
Sharlene Matten
4:15 PM0651Consumer advocates' perspective on biotech vegetables
Greg Jaffe
4:30 PM0652How will biotech vegetables affect insecticide use patterns?
Leonard Gianessi
4:45 PMPanel Discussion
4:55 PMBusiness Meeting

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