Biotechnology in Agriculture

Although there is no direct evidence to testify that GM products have some harmful effects on humans and the environment, some frequently appearing 

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Since the introduction of biotechnology in agriculture, there has been an ongoing debate regarding the need to label foods containing the products of modern biotechnology. Historically, foods are labeled for the following reasons ... 

Brewin, N.J., Perotto, S., Kannenberg, E.L., Rae, A.L., Rathbun, E.A., Lucas, M.M., Kardailsky, I., Gunder, A., Bolanos, L., Donovan, N., Drobak, B.K., Nester, E.W., Verma, D.P.S. Mechanisms of cell and tissue invasion by Rhizobium leguminosarum The role of cell surface interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London (1993), pp. 369-380. 

Bazhenova, T.A., Bazhenova, M.A., Petrova, G.N., and Shilov, A.E. (2000) Catalytic behavior of isolated FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase in non-protein surroundings, Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture 38 (Nitrogen Fixation From Molecules to Crop Productivity), 49-50. 

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