First Fruit: The Creation of the Flavr Savr Tomato and ...
 Engaging both sides of the agricultural biotech controversy and hoping to initiate a reasoned dialogue, geneticist Belinda Martineau explores the development and eventual failure of the Flavr Savr tomato in First Fruit. One of the Calgene scientists who ... [... more]
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Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture: Economics ...
Genetically modified crops have become a topic of great interest among scientists, regulators, consumers, farmers, and politicians. Despite their potential benefits, public hostility toward these crops is causing dramatic changes to import/export ... [... more]
$93.95
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The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops
What will it mean to have a steady stream of animal and microbial genes entering the gene pools of plants in wild ecosystems? Private companies and the federal government are pouring significant resources into biotechnology, and the major application of ... [... more]
$23.00
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Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants: The Scope ...
Provides a wealth of information about transgenic processes, previous experience with the introduction of novel crops, principles of risk assessment and management, the science behind current regulatory schemes, and issues in monitoring transgenic ... [... more]
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Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement
Our knowledge of pollen, the gold dust that carries the male germ line of flowering plants and is vital for sexual reproduction and seed formation, has 'come of age' with the publication of this book. Here, for the first time in a single volume, are all ... [... more]
$120.00
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Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology
This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production. [... more]
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Agricultural Biotechnology (Books in Soils, Plants, and ...
This work integrates basic biotechnological methodologies with up-to-date agricultural practices, offering solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry. It presents and evaluates the limitations of ... [... more]
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Agricultural Biotechnology and Transatlantic Trade: ...
Genetically modified agricultural crops that are approved as safe in North America (Canada and the United States) are facing significant regulatory hurdles in gaining access to the European Union. The development and commercialization of GM crops ... [... more]
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Agrobacterium Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology ...
Agrobacterium Protocols offers beginning and experienced researchers the most comprehensive collection of step-by-step protocols for the genetic manipulation of plants using Agrobacterium. The topics range from the maintenance of bacterial culture ... [... more]
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Biopesticides: Use and Delivery (Methods in ...
A definitive guide to the development, application, and use of biopesticides as a complementary or alternative treatment to chemical pesticides. Biopesticides: Use and Delivery brings together for the first time all the latest advances in the control of ... [... more]
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Plant Virology Protocols: From Virus Isolation to ...
A comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art techniques for generating transgenic plants that are resistant to plant viruses via the cloning and expression of the coat protein gene. Its unfailingly reproducible methods, perfected by hands-on masters, ... [... more]
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Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests ...
Pest and disease management continues to challenge the agricultural community. The rise in new pest and crop problems juxtaposed with public concern over pesticide use and more stringent environmental regulations creates the need for today's agricultural ... [... more]
$119.95
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