High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants - Softcover

Lurquin, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813341752 ISBN 13: 9780813341750

Publisher: Basic Books, 2008

Synopsis

Genetically engineered plant products line the shelves of our grocery stores, but we don't know which ones they are because no label identifies them. Should we be concerned? It is true that biotech companies are saying that engineered corn and canola are safe, but are they telling the truth? In High Tech Harvest , Paul Lurquin answers these questions and more, believing that the public has a right to know and understand how its food is manipulated at the most basic level, that of the DNA itself. With the goal to inform, and a mission to reinforce the importance of the scientific method, Paul Lurquin writes a comprehensive and user-friendly description of the scientific origins, the development, and the applications of genetically modified plants throughout the world today. Lurquin argues that only with an understanding of the basic science can people make informed and reasonable decisions about genetically modified foods.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Paul Lurquin, Ph.D. is Professor of Genetics at the School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University. He is one of the pioneers of the science of plant genetic engineering and the author of The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants (2001).

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813341752
• ISBN 13: 9780813341750
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240