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Title: |
Random Thoughts on Recombinant Insects |
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| By (author): |
Thomas A Miller |
| ISBN10-13: |
1620814412 : 9781620814413 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
166 |
| Weight: |
.376 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - January 2013 |
| List Price: |
115.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Agriculture & farming |
| This book discusses the development of transgenic pink bollworm for use in eradicating a major pest insect from the Arizona cotton fields. After pink bollworm invaded California from Arizona around 1968, the California Cotton Pest Control Board and California Department of Food and Agriculture combined to adopt the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to keep pink bollworm from invading the San Joaquin Valley where the majority of cotton is grown. This book discusses approaches in gaining control of this situation. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Prologue; Introduction: New Definition of an Organism; All Organisms Are Transgenic & Multigenomic; Transposable Elements; Making & Using Transgenic Insects; Attempts at Genetic Transformation of Tobacco Budworm; The RIDL Gene & Field Trials with Marked Insects; Species, the Transgenic Concept & Selection; Public Acceptance of Transgenic Organisms; Synthetic Versus Organic Insecticides; Natural Versus Synthetic Materials.; Release of Genetically Modified Insects & Managed Nature; Jefferson Science Fellowship Year; Genetically Modified Foods; Biodiversity & Mankind's Role In Nature; Concluding Comments; Epilogue; Acknowledgment; Additional Reading; Index. |
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