000 02037pam a22003734a 4500
001 2003021371
003 DLC
005 20250109090037.0
008 030925s2004 enka b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2003021371
020 _a0195157451 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dDLC
_dUtOrBLW
042 _apcc
049 _aEY8Z
050 0 0 _aSB123.57
_b.S74 2004
082 0 0 _a631.5/233
_222
100 1 _aStewart, C. Neal,
_cJr.
245 1 0 _aGenetically modified planet :
_benvironmental impacts of genetically engineered plants /
_cC. Neal Stewart, Jr.
264 1 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2004.
300 _aviii, 240 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-236).
505 0 _a1. 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.
596 _a1
650 0 _aTransgenic plants.
650 0 _aPlant genetic engineering.
650 0 _aTransgenic plants
_xEcology.
650 0 _aPlant genetic engineering
_xEnvironmental aspects.
948 _au170276
949 _hEY8Z
_i33039000724178
903 _a8315
999 _c8315
_d8315