title: EU Regulations Impede Market Introduction of GM Forest Trees.
abstract: Biotechnology can greatly improve the efficiency of forest tree breeding for the production of biomass, energy, and materials. However, EU regulations impede the market introduction of genetically modified (GM) trees so their socioeconomic and environmental benefits are not realized. European policy makers should concentrate on a science-based regulatory process.
authors.affiliation: VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: rene.custers@vib.be.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Custers
authors.affiliation: RWTH, Institute of Environmental Biology, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.affiliation: Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics (TI-FG), D-22927 Grosshansdorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fladung
authors.affiliation: Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UR0588, Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, F45075 Orléans, France.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pilate
authors.affiliation: Environmental Consultant, Sweet Environmental Consultants, Cambridge CB24 5JA, UK.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sweet
authors.affiliation: VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, 9052 Gent, Belgium; UGent Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, 9052 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: wout.boerjan@psb.vib-ugent.be.
authors.forename: Wout
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boerjan
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001947:Breeding; D005062:European Union; D065928:Forests; D033161:Government Regulation; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics*