Genetic Engineering and Sustainable Crop Disease Management: Opportunities for Case-by-Case Decision-Making

Genetic engineering (GE) offers an expanding array of strategies for enhancing disease resistance of crop plants in sustainable ways, including the potential for reduced pesticide usage. Certain GE applications involve transgenesis, in some cases creating a metabolic pathway novel to the GE crop. In...

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Main Author: Paul Vincelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-05-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/5/495