E. BALAZS et al. (Eds.) Biological Resouree Management Conneeting Scienee and Poliey Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH ERVIN BALAZS . ENNIO GALANTE • JAMES M. LYNCH JAMES S. SCHEPERS • JEAN-PIERRE TOUTANT DIETRICH WERNER • P. A. TH. J. WERRY (Eds.) Biologieal Resouree Management Conneeting Seienee and Poliey With 43 Figures and 47 Tables , Springer Professor Dr. ERVIN BALAZS Professor Dr. ]EAN-PIERRE TOUTANT Agricultural Biotechnology Center Laboratoire de Differenciation Cellulaire P.O. Box 411 Et Croissance 2101 Gödö1l6 INRA Hungary 2 place Viala 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1 Professor Dr. ENNIO GALANTE France Institute for Plant Biosynthesis National Research Council Professor Dr. DIETRICH WERNER Via Bassini 15 Plant Physiology and General Botany 20133 Milan Phillips-University Italy Lahnberge 35032 Marburg Professor Dr. ]AMES M. LYNCH Germany School of Biological Sciences University of Surrey Professor Dr. P.A. TH.]. 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Camera ready by INRA, France Cover design: D&P, Heidelberg Cover Photograph from Kawashima et al., this volume SPIN 10743189 31/3136 5 4 3 2 I 0 - Printed on acid-free paper Acknowledgements The editors wish to thank Mrs Fay Evans, the Executive Secretary of the Pro gramme, for the excellent organisation of the meeting and for her expert assistance through the years. Preface Ministers for Agriculture, meeting at the OECD on 5-6 March 1998, stated that most of the issues related to new technologies, food safety and environmental issues had transboundary and trans-sectoral dimensions and that there was a need for fur ther research, a better understanding of current scientific knowledge, and better information to consumers. Indeed, the appearance of new food products, the use of new production methods including genetic engineering, and the recent crises over food-borne diseases, have added to consumer concerns, leading to a growing ques tioning of science as a basis for developing sound policies. Moreover, in the context of globalisation, developments in one country can have an impact in other coun tries, through international trade, as can domestic regulations and policies. The public is also increasingly sensitive to the interface between agriculture and the environment, the need to ensure sustainable agriculture, and for food to be pro duced under environmentally friendly conditions. The Conference on Biological Resource Management: Connecting Science and Policy provided an opportunity to respond to the call by OECD Agriculture Min isters. In particular, its last session explored the relationships between science, agricultural production, agri-business, policy-making and society's concerns. In so doing, it contributes to the programme of work carried out under the auspices of the OECD Committee for Agriculture. The overall objective of this work is to assist policy-makers in furthering the process of agricultural policy reform and trade liberalisation, taking into account emerging issues such as food safety and quality, resource sustainability, environmental protection, rural development, and animal welfare. The Conference was the culmination of the current 5-year phase of the OECD Co-operative Research Programme. Launched in 1995, the Programme aims at stimulating international cooperation and networking in basic and applied research, through an annual fellowship programme and the organisation of workshops attended by the world's best experts to address issues within its scope. The Pro gramme has focused on four themes: safe exploitation of microorganisms in plant! soil systems; quality of animal production; utilisation and ecology of new organisms; and surface- and groundwater quality and agricultural practices. The possibility of extending the Research Programme for another 5-year period will be under discus sion within OECD over the next few months, and the results of the Conference will contribute to this discussion, in particular by identifying new themes which could be VIII Biological resouree management addressed through the cooperative research mechanisms developed by this Pro gramme, which have the potential to contribute asound scientific foundation for the overall programme of work on agriculture. Gerard Viatte Director of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries OECD, Paris List of participants Parts I and 11 MOORE Philip USDAI ARS, Agronomy Department U niversity of Arkansas ADAMS Marshall Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA Oak Ridge National Laboratory O'GARA Fergal Environmental Sciences Division, Biomerit Research Laboratory Bldg. 1505 Microbiology Department Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, USA National U niversity of Ireland UCC-Cork, Ireland BAREA Jose-Miguel Dpt. of Microbiology for Soil and RYDERMaarten Symbiotic Systems CSIRO, Land & Water Experimental Laboratory of Zaidin PMB 2, GIen Osmond CI Profesor Albareda, 1 SA 5064, Australia 18008 Granada, Spain SCHEPERS James BOESCH Donald Soil & Water Conservation Research, U niversity of Maryland USDA/ARS Center for Environmental Sciences, University ofNebraska PO. Box 775 East Campus, 113 Keim Hall Cambridge, MD 216l3, USA Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0915, USA GALANTE Ennio VAN VEEN Hans Netherlands Institute ofEcology Institute for Plant Biosynthesis Center for Terrestrial Ecology National Research Council NIOO-CTO, PO. Box 40 Via Bassini 15 6666 ZG Heteren, The Netherlands 20133 Milano, Italy WERNER Dietrich GOSS Michael Plant Physiology & General Botany Agrifood System Resource & Env. Botanisches Institut Program Fachbereich Biologie der Philipps University of Guelph Universität Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl, Canada Lahnberge, 35032 Marburg, Germany x Biological resouree management Panel 1 FISHER Andrew AgResearch, Ruakura Agricultural BLUM Wilfried Research Centre International Union ofSoil Sciences Private Bag 3123 Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33 Hamilton, New Zealand 1180 Vienna, Austria HOUDEBINE Louis-Marie JOHNSSON Holger BMC/INRA Swedish University of Agr. Sciences Domaine de Vilvert Division ofWater Quality Manage 78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex, France ment, Box 7072 75007 Uppsala, Sweden KUBICEK Christian Dept of Technology and Microbiology NUTIMarco Institute ofVienna Res. Center for Soil Microbiology 1060 Wien, Austria Department of Chemistry U niversity ofPisa , Via del Borghetto, 80 NAGASHIMA Hiroshi 56100 Pisa, Italy Meiji U niversity, Faculty of Agriculture 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama, SUKAN Suha Kawasaki 214-857l Ege University Japan Dept. of Food Engineering 35100, Bornova POWELL Richard Izmir, Turkey Dept. of Microbiology National University ofIreland WERRY P.A.Th.J. International Co-operation, DLO-NL Galway, Ireland po. Box 59,6700 AB Wageningen The Netherlands TSAFT ARIS Athanasios Dept. of Genetics & Plant Breeding Parts III and IV Aristoteleian U niversity ofThessaloniki 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece AGUZZI Adriano Institute of Neuropathology TOUTANT Jean-Pierre University Hospital ofZurich Laboratoire de Differenciation cellulaire Schmelzbergerstrasse 12,8091 Zurich INRA -2, place Viala Switzerland 34060 Montpellier cedex, France BALAzs Ervin WILMUTIan Agricultural Biotechnology Center Roslin Institute ofEdinburgh PO Box 411, 2101 Gödöllö Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS Hungary United Kingdom DEMEYER Daniel Panel 2 University of Ghent Department of Animal Production Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & FULKAJosef Meat Science Institute of animal production, POB 1 Proefhoevestraat 10, Ghent, Belgium CZ-104 01 Prague 10, Czech Republic List of participants XI KING Allan KA W ASHIMA Hiroyuki Dept. of Biomedical Sciences International Environmental Economics U niversity of Guelph Dept. of Global Agricultural Sciences Guelph, Ontario Canada N1G 2W1 Graduate School ofA gricultural & Life Sciences Senator KERREY Robert The UniversityofTokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi United States Senator Bunkyo 141 Hart Senate Office Building Tokyo 113-8657, Japan Washington, D.C. 20510 United States LYNCH James School of Biological Sciences SOLTI Laszl6 Univ. ofSurrey, Guildford University ofVeterinary Science Surrey GU2 5XH, UK Department of Animal Reproduction P.O. Box 2, 1400 Budapest MALTBY Edward Hungary Royal Holloway Institute for Environ mental Research Huntersdale, Callow Hill Virginia TEPFERMark Water, Laboratoire de Biologie cellulaire Surrey GU 25 4 NL, UK INRA -Centre de Versailles 78026 Versailles Cedex, France NANNIPIERI Paolo Department of Soil Science VAZQUEZ-BOLAND Jose-Antonio U niversity of Florence Microbiology & Immunology Unit P. delle Cascine 28 Veterinary Faculty 50144 Firenze, Italy Complutense University ofMadrid 28040 Madrid, Spain WALL Diana Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Parts V and VI College ofNatural Resources Colorado State University ALABOUVETTE Claude Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA Flore Pathogene du sol INRA - 17, rue Sully Panel 3 21034 Dijon Cedex, France LIPA Jerzy J. DAVIDAndow Dept. ofBiological Control & Quaran Insect Ecology, Dept. of Entomology tine University ofMinnesota Institute of Plant Protection 219 Hodson Hall, Miczurina 20 St.Pau!, MN 55108, USA 60-318 Poznan, Poland BERINGER John OLSEN Rolf Amt U niversity of Bristol Department ofBiotechnology School of Biological Sciences, W ood Agricultural University ofNorway land Road P.O. Box 5040 Bristol BS8 lUG, UK 1432 As, Norway