Genetically Modified Crops (2nd Edition)

by Nigel G. Halford

Book Overview

Plant 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 commercialisation 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911299751
• ISBN13: 9781911299752
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"