Agricultural biotechnology and the environment
Subtitle: science, policy, and social issues
By: Sheldon Krimsky and Roger P. Wrubel.
Contributors: Wrubel, Roger P. 1949-
Series: The environment and the human condition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Agricultural biotechnology.; Agricultural biotechnology -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Technological innovation in agriculture; title: Herbicide resistant crops; title: Insect resistant plants; title: Disease resistant crops; title: Transgenic plant products; title: Microbial pesticides; title: Nitrogen-fixing bacteria; title: Frost-inhibiting bacteria; title: Animal growth hormones; title: Transgenic animals; title: The cultural and symbolic dimensions of agricultural biotechnology.