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Genetically modified crops
Nigel G Halford
Imperial College Press
July 2003
124 pp ISBN 1860943535
£25.00
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Plant molecular biology came to the fore in the early 1980s and there has been tremendous growth in the subject
since then. The study of plant genes and genomes and the development of techniques for the incorporation of novel
or modified genes into plants eventually led to the commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops in the mid-
1990s. This was seen as the start of a biotechnological revolution in plant breeding. However, plant biotechnology
has become one of the hottest debates of the age and, in Europe at least, one of the greatest challenges that plant
scientists have ever faced.
This book describes the history and development of the science and techniques that underpin plant
biotechnology, GM crops that are grown commercially around the world and the new varieties that
are being developed. It covers failures as well as successes. The safety record of GM crops is reviewed
together with the legislation that has been adopted to cover their use. The book also deals with the concerns
of consumers, the GM crop debate and the prospects for the technology.
Of interest to A-level and undergraduate students studying biotechnology, agriculture students, students of social
change, farmers and environmentalists.
Contents
- DNA, Genes, Genomes and Plant Breeding
- The Techniques of Plant Genetic Modification
- Current and Future Uses of GM Crops in Agriculture
- Legislation Covering GM Crops and Foods
- Issues That Have Arisen in the GM Crop and Food Debate
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