Genetically modified crops: methodology, benefits, regulation and public concerns
| العنوان: | Genetically modified crops: methodology, benefits, regulation and public concerns |
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| المؤلفون: | Peter R. Shewry, Nigel G. Halford |
| المصدر: | ResearcherID |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2000. |
| سنة النشر: | 2000 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Crops, Agricultural, business.industry, Agrochemical, fungi, food and beverages, Food technology, General Medicine, Genetically modified crops, Biology, Plants, Genetically Modified, Food safety, Biotechnology, Genetically modified organism, Crop, Food chain, Consumer Product Safety, Agriculture, Public Opinion, Food Technology, Humans, Genetic Engineering, business |
| الوصف: | The genetic modification of crop plants from the methodology involved in their production through to the current debate on their use in agriculture are reviewed. Techniques for plant transformation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens and particle bombardment, and for the selection of transgenic plants using marker genes are described. The benefits of currently available genetically modified (GM) crops in reducing waste and agrochemical use in agriculture, and the potential of the technology for further crop improvement in the future are discussed. The legal requirements for containment of novel GM crops and the roles of relevant regulatory bodies in ensuring that GM crops and food are safe are summarized. Some of the major concerns of the general public regarding GM crops and food: segregation of GM and non-GM crops and cross-pollination between GM crops and wild species, the use of antibiotic resistance marker genes, the prevention of new allergens being introduced in to the food chain and the relative safety of GM and non-GM foods are considered. Finally, the current debate on the use of GM crops in agriculture and the need for the government, scientists and industry to persevere with the technology in the face of widespread hostility is studied. |
| تدمد: | 1471-8391 0007-1420 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::133e94821e6f845549d50d6a9b858f6eTest https://doi.org/10.1258/0007142001902978Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....133e94821e6f845549d50d6a9b858f6e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14718391 00071420 |
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