The Ecological Risks of Engineered Crops

by Jane Rissler and Margaret Mellon

Book Overview

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 genetic engineering to agriculture is transgenic crops. This carefully reasoned science and policy assessment shows that the commercialization and release of transgenic crops on millions of acres of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262680858
• ISBN13: 9780262680851
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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