Plant science: Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China

	Plant science: Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China
	Huang Jikun; Hu Ruifa
	2005
关键词	Agriculture Cultivation Genetic engineering Grain (agricultural product) Health risks Insect control Pesticides Production
英文摘要	Although no country to date has released a major genetically modified (GM) food grain crop, China is on the threshold of commercializing GM rice. This paper studies two of the four GM varieties that are now in farm-level pre-production trials, the last step before commercialization. Farm surveys of randomly selected farm households that are cultivating the insect-resistant GM rice varieties, without the aid of experimental station technicians, demonstrate that when compared with households cultivating non-GM rice, small and poor farm households benefit from adopting GM rice by both higher crop yields and reduced use of pesticides, which also contribute to improved health.
出处	Science
卷	308 期:5722 页:688-690
收录类别	EI
语种	英语
内容类型	EI期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/24867]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang Jikun,Hu Ruifa. Plant science: Insect-resistant GM rice in farmers' fields: Assessing productivity and health effects in China. 2005.