First fruit : the creation of the Flavr savr tomato and the birth of genetically engineered food / Belinda Martineau.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001.Description: xvi, 269 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0071360565
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258).
1. The gleam in management's eye -- 2. Scientific conception (amid misconceptions and controversy) -- 3. Virgin territory : plant genetic engineering and U.S. regulatory agencies -- 4. The long, hard regulatory labor : the Flavr savr tomato advisory opinion -- 5. Transition from a science-driven to a business-driven enterprise -- 6. Overpromised, underdelivered -- 7. Afterbirth.