Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security - Commercial, Ethical and Health Considerations

This book reviews a wide-range of genetically modified (GM) crops, to understand how they are produced, the impacts on the agricultural industry, and the potential for improving food security.

List of contents

1. Genetically Modified Plant and Animal foods-An Overview  2. Flavr Savr and other GM tomatoes  3. Bt Cotton  4. Transgenic Soybean  5. Golden Rice  6. Genetically modified maize  7. Bt Brinjal  8. Genetically engineered potato  9. Herbicide Tolerant Alfalfa  10. Rainbow papaya  11. Genetically modified canola  12. Genetically Modified Sugar-beet: Making to Marketing  13. Genetic modification for 4G biofuel production  14. Detection methods of GMO crops  15. Integrated Pest Management Through Genetically Modified Crops  16. Socio Economic Impact of Genetically Modified Crops  17. GM crops friends or foes: Summarizing the argument

About the author

Jasmeet Kour is an Assistant Professor (academic arrangement), Department of Food Science and Technology, Padma Shri Padma Sachdev, Govt PG College for Women Gandhi Nagar, Jammu-180003 Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Vishal Sharma is presently working as Manager Industrial Estate at District Industries Centre, India.
Imtiyaz Khanday is an Assistant Professor of Plant Reproductive Biology and also Director of Research at the Seed Biotechnology Center of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis, USA.

Summary

This book reviews a wide-range of genetically modified (GM) crops, to understand how they are produced, the impacts on the agricultural industry, and the potential for improving food security.

Product details

• Authors: Jasmeet Sharma Kour
• Assisted by: Imtiyaz Khanday (Editor), Jasmeet Kour (Editor), Vishal Sharma (Editor), Sharma Vishal (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032244297
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224429-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); NATURE / Ecology, biotechnology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, environmental science, engineering & technology, Science / Environmental Science, Food security & supply, Agricultural science, Food & beverage technology, Medical Sociology, Food and beverage technology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Agronomy & crop production, Food security and supply, Agronomy and crop production, Agricultural engineering and machinery