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Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Biotechnology
What effect could current strategies for protection of intellectual propertyhave on the progress of basic research and the future of plant biotechnology? Is support for research into fundamental mechanisms adequately balanced with support for research for which commercial applications are closer at hand?
