Updated Pocket Ks on GM Crops Now Available
April 20, 2011| |
- Pocket K No. 1: Q and A About Genetically Modified Crops
- Pocket K No. 2: Plant Products of Biotechnology
- Pocket K No. 16: Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications' (ISAAA) Pocket Ks are Pockets of Knowledge, packaged information on crop biotechnology products and related issues produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology. These publications are written in easy to understand style and downloadable as pdf for easy sharing and distribution.
Other topics are also available at http://www.isaaa.org/resources/publications/pocketk/.
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Announcements
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