Plant breeding and biotechnology. New technologies raise important social questions

To examine the process, nature, and impact of this complex transformation, the authors focus here on one aspect of agricultural research, plant breeding. They limit their examples to two crops, wheat and tomatoes, because many new plant biotechnologies are species specific. They also limit their tec...

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Published in:Bioscience 1986-01, Vol.36 (1), p.29-39
Main Authors: Hansen, M, Busch, L, Burkhardt, J, Lacy, W B, Lacy, L R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Lycopersicon esculentum
plant breeding
reviews
Triticum aestivum
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Summary:To examine the process, nature, and impact of this complex transformation, the authors focus here on one aspect of agricultural research, plant breeding. They limit their examples to two crops, wheat and tomatoes, because many new plant biotechnologies are species specific. They also limit their technical review to those issues with clear social and/or philosophical consequences. The authors discussion is based on interim results of their study of ethical and value issues raised by the new plant biotechnologies. For this study, they reviewed relevant technical literature and interviewed over 100 scientists and administrators in both the public and private sectors.
ISSN:0006-3568
DOI:10.2307/1309795