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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
