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Biotechnology is compatible with sustainable agriculture |
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| Authors: | Donald N. Duvick |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 6837 N.W. Beaver Drive, P.O. Box 446, 50131 Johnston, IA, USA |
| Abstract: | Biotechnology can provide appropriate new tools for use in solution of specific problems in sustainable agriculture. Its usefulness will depend in large part on the degree to which sustainable agriculturists understand the utility of biotechnology and apply it toward ends they deem important. Biotechnology can give little assistance to sustainable agriculture in the short term. It can be more useful in the medium term, and it could be highly useful in the long term as an integral part of the art and science of plant breeding and other components of sustainable agriculture systems. |
| Keywords: | agribusiness biotechnology crop adaptation crop diversity crop management crop varieties disease resistance environment genetic engineering holistic agriculture insect resistance new technology plant breeding societal responsibility sustainable agriculture |
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