02682nam 22006374a 450 991078237220332120230721032938.00-8070-8591-X(CKB)1000000000541964(OCoLC)271200950(CaPaEBR)ebrary10256103(SSID)ssj0000263905(PQKBManifestationID)11239850(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263905(PQKBWorkID)10283635(PQKB)11741391(MiAaPQ)EBC3118033(MiAaPQ)EBC6069403(Au-PeEL)EBL3118033(CaPaEBR)ebr10256103(OCoLC)922967978(Au-PeEL)EBL6069403(EXLCZ)99100000000054196420070625d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUncertain peril[electronic resource] genetic engineering and the future of seeds /Claire Hope CummingsBoston, Mass. Beacon Pressc20081 online resource (252 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8070-8580-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.The rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- Trespass -- Political science -- The ownership society -- The turning points -- Who owns rice? -- The botany of scarcity -- The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- Ripe for change -- A conversation with corn -- The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth.Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds. The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament.Agricultural biotechnologyPolitical aspectsTransgenic plantsEconomic aspectsTransgenic plantsRisk assessmentConsumer protectionCitizen participationSeedsBiotechnologyAgricultural biotechnologyPolitical aspects.Transgenic plantsEconomic aspects.Transgenic plantsRisk assessment.Consumer protectionCitizen participation.SeedsBiotechnology.631.5/21Cummings Claire Hope1943-1545555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782372203321Uncertain peril3800539UNINA