Seeds for the Future
Subtitle: The Impact of Genetically Modified Crops on the Environment
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: March 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780801473685
Subjects: Agriculture - Crop Science; Biotechnology; Environmental Science; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Crops; Environmental aspects; Genetic engineering; Transgenic plants; Science/Mathematics
Description: Plants have long been genetically modified through crossbreeding and other basic agricultural techniques to make crops more resilient, nutritious, and profitable. In recent decades, however, advances in genetic engineering-including the ability to blend genetic material from animals with that of plants-have allowed farmers to grow crops that resist insect pests, weeds viruses, and drought; provide increased iron or beta carotene; deliver vaccines and antibodies; reduce common allergens and pollutants; and augment marketable qualities such as delayed ripening.