Introduction : catastrophic calamities and clucking cacophonies -- Crops and weeds : it's hard to be a wild thing when you're domesticated -- Plant biotechnology : the magic of making GM plants -- Gene flow : it's a weed, it's a transgene, it's Superweed! -- Contamination : transgenes in Mexican corn? -- Killer corn : monarch butterfly exterminators? -- Better living through biology : not killing the good insects by accident -- Bt resistance management : getting off the treadmill -- Swap meet from heck : trading sequences between viruses and transgenes -- Superweeds revisited : tall stacks of transgenes and waffling gene flow -- Green and Greener : environmentalism, agriculture, and GM plants -- Futurama : Greenetic engineering for a greener tomorrow -- Conclusion : out of right field and into home
Summary
'Genetically Modified Planet' reaches beyond rhetoric to describe the environmental science of genetically modified plants. Risks & benefits are compared, & future biotechnology designed for environmental improvement & eco-restoration is described
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236)
