Genetically modified planet : environmental impacts of genetically engineered plants /
Stewart, C. Neal, Jr.
Genetically modified planet : environmental impacts of genetically engineered plants / C. Neal Stewart, Jr. - viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236).
1. Introduction: "It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine..." -- 2. Crops and weeds: It is hard to be a wild thing when you're domesticated -- 3. Plant biotechnology: The magic of making GM plants -- 4. Gene flow: It's a weed, it's a transgene, it's superweed! -- 5. Contamination: Transgenes in Mexican corn? -- 6. Killer corn: Monarch butterfly exterminators? -- 7. Better living through biology: Not killing the good insects by accident -- 8. Bt resistance management: Getting off the treadmill -- 9. Swap meet from heck: Trading sequences between viruses and transgenes -- 10. Superweeds revisited: Tall stacks of transgenes and waffling gene flow -- 11. Green and Greener: Environmentalism, agriculture, and GM plants -- 12. Futurama: Greenetic engineering for a greener tomorrow -- 13. Conclusions: Out of right field and into home.
0195157451 (cloth : alk. paper)
2003021371
Transgenic plants.
Plant genetic engineering.
Transgenic plants--Ecology.
Plant genetic engineering--Environmental aspects.
SB123.57 / .S74 2004
631.5/233
Genetically modified planet : environmental impacts of genetically engineered plants / C. Neal Stewart, Jr. - viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236).
1. Introduction: "It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine..." -- 2. Crops and weeds: It is hard to be a wild thing when you're domesticated -- 3. Plant biotechnology: The magic of making GM plants -- 4. Gene flow: It's a weed, it's a transgene, it's superweed! -- 5. Contamination: Transgenes in Mexican corn? -- 6. Killer corn: Monarch butterfly exterminators? -- 7. Better living through biology: Not killing the good insects by accident -- 8. Bt resistance management: Getting off the treadmill -- 9. Swap meet from heck: Trading sequences between viruses and transgenes -- 10. Superweeds revisited: Tall stacks of transgenes and waffling gene flow -- 11. Green and Greener: Environmentalism, agriculture, and GM plants -- 12. Futurama: Greenetic engineering for a greener tomorrow -- 13. Conclusions: Out of right field and into home.
0195157451 (cloth : alk. paper)
2003021371
Transgenic plants.
Plant genetic engineering.
Transgenic plants--Ecology.
Plant genetic engineering--Environmental aspects.
SB123.57 / .S74 2004
631.5/233