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Title: Seeds of concern : the genetic manipulation of plants / David R. Murray.
Author: Murray, David R. (David Ronald), 1943-
Year: 2003.
Description: 156 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject: Plant breeding. ; Health hazards. ; Plant genetic engineering. ; Herbicide resistance. ; Environmental impact. ; Transgenic plants. ; Intellectual property rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-149)
ISBN/ISSN: 0851997252 (CABI : pbk. : alk. paper) 0868404608 (UNSW Press);
Type: Book
Abstract: 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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