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Abstract:
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1. Introduction: Cells, genes and chromosomes -- 2. How genetically modified plants are produced -- 3. The hazards of herbicide-resistant plants -- 4. Setting priorities for plant improvement -- 5. Proposals with nutritional, medical or utilitarian goals -- 6. Environmental and health impacts of genetically modified plants -- 7. Intellectual property issues -- 8. Impacts of genetically modified plants in the Third World -- 9. Loose ends.
"This book makes a significant contribution to the debate about the applications and implications of gene technology from the perspective of a plant biologist. It is written in an accessible way and therefore will be appropriate for non-specialists and the more general reader, as well as students and others in plant breeding and bio-technology."--BOOK JACKET.
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