Genetically modified planet : environmental impacts of genetically engineered plants /
Planet : Environmental impacts of genetically engineered plants
C. Neal Stewart, Jr.
- x, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.
Introduction : catastrophic calamities and clucking cacophonies -- Crops and weeds : it's hard to be a wild thing when you're domesticated -- Plant biotechnology : the magic of making GM plants -- Gene flow : it's a weed, it's a transgene, it's superweed! -- Contamination : transgenes in Mexican corn? -- Killer corn : monarch butterfly exterminators? -- Better living through biology : not killing the good insects by accident -- Bt resistance management : getting off the treadmill -- Swap meet from heck : trading sequences between viruses and transgenes -- Superweeds revisited : tall stacks of transgenes and waffling gene flow -- Green and greener : environmentalism, agriculture, and GM plants -- Futurama : greenetic engineering for a greener tomorrow -- Conclusion : out of right field and into home. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
"The purpose of Genetically Modified Planet is to go beyond environmental rhetoric to investigate for concerned nonscientists the state of scientific research on genetically modified plants." "The prevailing notion among many people and in the press is that the environmental impacts of biotechnology are negative. After examining the science, C. Neal Stewart, Jr., argues that there are indeed real and potential risks to growing engineered crops, but that there are also real and overwhelmingly positive environmental benefits."--BOOK JACKET.