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008			230814s2012 |||a|||| |||| 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781848168381 _qhbk.
040			_aGCL
082			_a631.5233 _bHAL
100	1	0	_aHalford, Nigel G.
245	1	0	_aGenetically modified crops / _cNigel G. Halford.
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aLondon : _bImperial College Press, _c2012.
300			_ax, 182 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aPlant 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.
650			_aBotany
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999			_c1124 _d1124