| | Genes on the Menu Facts for Knowledge-Based Decisions by Paul Pechan, Gert De Vries Hardcover, 217 Pages, Published 2005 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-3-540-20178-6, ISBN: 3-540-20178-5
"2.2 Insect Resistance in Crop Plants Gert E. de Vries The development of insect-
resistant crops seems an ideal contribution to sustainable agriculture and could
have benefits such as savings in resources devoted to scouting for pest insects,
reduced applications of broad-spectrum insecticides, increased yields and
protection against certain fungal plant pathogens. Over thirty different crops have
been genetically modified to produc ..."
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