Against the grain

China has long been a keen supporter of transgenic agriculture, and is still pouring money into developing the technology. So why are applications to market new genetically modified crops in limbo? Colin Macilwain investigates.

• Publication year

  1964

• Venue

  Seeds of Power

• Publication date

  1964-06-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Art, Materials Science, Physics, Economics, Computer Science, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1080/03634523.2022.2070921
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