Genetic Glass Ceilings: Transgenics for Crop Biodiversity

摘要

The term 'glass ceiling' was first coined in the mid-1980s to characterise an artificial upper limit on women's careers. Below the glass ceiling, room for advancement is tantalisingly visible, but the situation makes crossing the barrier impossible. In the context of this book, Jonathan Gressel explains another glass ceiling, one established by the inherited genomes of food, fibre, and medicinal plants, and perpetuated by the constraints of classical plant breeding.