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High tech harvest : understanding genetically modified food plants

Title: High tech harvest : understanding genetically modified food plants / Paul F. Lurquin.
Author: Lurquin, Paul F.
Publication: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2002.

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Description

xvii, 218 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Before Biotechnology. Before Genetics. The Discovery of Genes. Genes Are Located on Chromosomes -- 2. From Mendel to DNA. The Chemical Nature of Genes. The Structure of DNA. The Flow of Genetic Information in Cells -- 3. Genes in the Test Tube: The Recombinant DNA Revolution. Cloning. Another Technique. Identifying Cloned Genes. The Fine Structure of Genes. Safety -- 4. Difficult Beginnings and Great Triumphs: The Transformation of Plants. False Starts. An Unlikely Ally. Agrobacterium Does Transfer Genes to Plants After All. The Taming of Agrobacterium. Back to the Beginning -- 5. Plant Biotechnology: Accomplishments and Goals with Food Plants. Crop Protection. Boosting Yields Through Enhanced Photosynthesis. Produce Quality and Nutrition. Patent Protection -- 6. Other Applications of Plant Biotechnology. Salt and Frost Tolerance. Plant Biotechnology and Human Health. How Plant Biotechnology Could Be Used to Clean and Monitor the Environment.
A Most Unusual Application: Plastics-making Plants -- 7. Controversies. Opposition to Genetic Technology. Biotechnologists Respond. The Next Green Revolution. Monopolies. What About the Third World? Conclusions. App. 1. Plasmids -- App. 2. A Note on GM Animals and Potential Applications to Humans -- App. 3. Regulation of Biotechnology -- App. 4. Population Growth, Agronomical Production, and GM Plants.

ISBN

0813339464 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2002004938

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Columbia University Libraries