单词 | terminator seed |
释义 | > as lemmasterminator seed attributive. Biology and Agriculture. Relating to or involving the genetic modification of plants resulting in a cultivated plant variety which produces sterile seeds, as terminator gene, terminator seed, terminator technology. ΚΠ 1998 RAFI Communique Mar. 1 If commercially viable, the Terminator technology will have profound implications for agriculture. 1999 Earth Matters Summer 11/1 Monsanto is showing a keen interest in buying the company which has created a crop with a so-called ‘Terminator’ gene that makes it die after one growing season—forcing farmers to buy new seed rather than follow the age-old practice of saving some seed for the next crop. 2008 B. Goldacre Bad Sci. xv. 292 GM..has created a dangerous power shift in agriculture, and ‘terminator seeds’, which die at the end of the season, are a way to increase farmers' dependency..while placing the global food supply in the hands of multinational corporations. 2013 Guardian 13 Dec. 22/2 The technology, they argue, would be a safeguard, ensuring that no second generation pollution of GM traits takes place. They insist that terminator seeds would only be used for non-food crops. < as lemmas |
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