TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cummings,Claire Hope
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Uncertain peril: genetic engineering and the future of seeds 
AV  - S494.5.B563 C86 2008eb
U1  - 631.5/21 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - Agricultural biotechnology
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Transgenic plants
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Consumer protection
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - Seeds
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256103
ER  -