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Taylor & Francis Inc Transgenic Plants And Crops by Edited by George C. Khachatourians Edited by Y. H. Hui Edited by Ralph Scorza Edited by Wai-Kit Nip
With contributions from nearly 130 internationally renowned experts in the field this reference details advances in transgenic plant construction and explores the social political and legal aspects of genetic plant manipulation. It provides analyzes of the history genetics physiology and cultivation of over 30 species of transgenic seeds fruits and vegetables. Stressing the impact of genetic engineering strategies on the nutritional and functional benefit of foods as well as on consumer health and the global market economy the book covers methods of gene marking transferring and tagging public perceptions to the selective breeding hybridization and recombinant DNA manipulation of food.show more