Plants, biotechnology and agriculture Denis Murphy.
Material type: TextSeries: Modular textsPublication details: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; CABI, 2011Description: ix, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781845936884 (pb)
- 631.5233 MUR/Pla 22
- SB91 .M87 2011
- ZC 23800
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Plants and their genomes -- Plants and their exploitation by people -- Photosynthesis and the evolution of plants -- Plant molecular genetics and genomics -- How plants function -- Plant metabolism -- Plant organization and development -- Plant responses to the environment -- How plants are manipulated -- Domestication and the empirical exploitation of plants -- The scientific manipulation of plants -- Crop improvement in the 20th century -- Plants, society and the future -- Plant biotechnologies in the 21st century -- Social context of plant biotechnologies -- Future challenges for plant biotechnology.
At a time when the world's food supplies are increasingly unable to meet the needs of a burgeoning population, there is significant diversity of opinion concerning the benefits and perceived dangers of the application of biotechnology to food production. This book provides the reader with a guide to plants as both organisms and resources.
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