Reality vs. myth: Corn breeding, exotics, and genetic engineering

Journal or Publishing Institution: Annual Corn & Sorghum Research Conference

Study: https://web.archive.org/web/20100619110319/http://www.cropsci.ncsu.edu/maize/publications/realityall.pdf

Author(s): Goodman, M.M. and Carson, M.L.

Article Type: Report

Record ID: 821

Text: In recent years, there have been many claims that plant breeding would be radically altered by the new products of genetic engineering and by the adverse effects of genetic erosion. While there is little doubt that both of these forces will affect breeding procedures in the long term, their immediate effects, i.e., over the next 20 years, are probably minor. The reasons for this are rarely considered either by public or private institutions…

Citation: Goodman, M.M. and Carson, M.L., 2000, December. Reality vs. myth: Corn breeding, exotics, and genetic engineering. In Proc. of the 55th Annual Corn & Sorghum Research Conference (Vol. 55, pp. 149-72).