title: Popular misconceptions: agricultural biotechnology.
abstract: Agricultural biotechnology, especially genetic engineering or genetic modification (GM), is a topic of considerable controversy worldwide. The public debate is fraught with polarized views and opinions, some are held with religious zeal. Unfortunately, it is also marked with much ignorance and misinformation. Here we explore some popular misconceptions encountered in the public debate.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Riverside, CA 29521, USA. alanmc@ucr.edu
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McHughen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wager
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001290:Attitude; D001709:Biotechnology; D003142:Communication; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified; D006801:Humans; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics*; D011639:Public Opinion