Publication on Science for Decision Makers
January 29, 2010| |
The Bureau of Rural Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry in Australia has published Science for Decision Makers - Plant Gene Technology: Improving the Productivity of Australian Agriculture. Among the topics include an introduction to conventional breeding to plant gene technology, global and Australian status of GM technology, regulations of GM crops in Australia, and benefits of the technology.
Download http://adl.brs.gov.au/brsShop/data/SFDM_GeneTech_14DecembeR2009.pdf for a copy of the publication.
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