Recombinant DNA technology has significantly augmented the conventional crop
improvement, and has a great promise to assist plant breeders to meet the increased food …

In the past 6 years, the global area of commercially grown, genetically modified (GM) crops
has increased more than 30‐fold to over 52 million hectares. The number of countries …

For millennia, humans have modified plant genes in order to develop crops best suited for
food, fiber, feed, and energy production. Conventional plant breeding remains inherently …

We report data from the first representative national phone survey of Americans' perceptions
about nanotechnology (N= 1536). Public opinion about nanotechnology is in its infancy, and …

In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging
research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western …

Several claims have been made about genetic engineering (GE) in comparison with crop
domestication and classical plant breeding, including the similarity of genetic changes …

Corn (Zea mays L.) that has been genetically engineered to produce the Cry1Ab protein (Bt
corn) is resistant to lepidopteran pests. Bt corn is widely planted in the midwestern United …

The costs of meeting regulatory requirements and market restrictions guided by regulatory
criteria are substantial impediments to the commercialization of transgenic crops. Although a …

Although host plant resistance has long been an important insect management tactic, its
wide-spread use has been constrained by the limited availability of elite cultivars possessing …

In this study, we explore the social construction of the monarch butterfly as a conservation
icon in order to understand how the butterfly has come to be endowed with the power to …