Title Agricultural biotechnology and the environment : science, policy, and social issues / Sheldon Krimsky and Roger P. Wrubel

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1996] ©1996

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Description 294 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Series The Environment and the human condition Environment and the human condition. Contents 1. Technological Innovation in Agriculture -- 2. Herbicide Resistant Crops -- 3. Insect Resistant Plants -- 4. Disease Resistant Crops -- 5. Transgenic Plant Products: Foods and Pharmaceuticals -- 6. Microbial Pesticides -- 7. Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria -- 8. Frost-Inhibiting Bacteria: The Case of Ice Minus -- 9. Animal Growth Hormones: The Case of Bovine Somatotropin -- 10. Transgenic Animals -- 11. The Cultural and Symbolic Dimensions of Agricultural Biotechnology -- Conclusion: Agricultural Biotechnology in the Public Arena Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-283) and index Subject Agricultural biotechnology -- United States. Agricultural biotechnology. Author Wrubel, Roger P. (Roger Paul), 1949- LC no. 95032490 ISBN 0252021649 0252065247

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