New Book: Yes to GMOs
July 27, 2016| |
A new book titled Yes to GMOs has been released. The book is authored by Borut Bohanec, professor of plant breeding and biotechnology at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Mišo Alkalaj, a mathematician and IT manager at the "J. Stefan" Institute in Ljubljana. The book encourages the public to embrace knowledge about GMOs instead of being uninformed and fearful. It answers the following key questions on GMOs:
- How GMOs are spreading throughout the world
- How genetics protects plants against pests, fungal and bacterial diseases and viruses
- What is an enviropig and why bulls need no horns
- How plants can become frost resistant and need less fertilizer
- How plants and animals could become living drug producers
- Why any housewife would like to keep health promoting carrots, onions or tomatoes in her garden
- How allergies on food can be a thing of the past and
- How the president of Slovenia could illuminate his goldfish.
Get a copy of the book now.
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