Plants, biotechnology and agriculture /
Murphy, Denis J.
Plants, biotechnology and agriculture / - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011. - ix, 310 p. : ill., maps ; - Modular texts .
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.
9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781845938710 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper) 1845938712 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper)
Plants, Cultivated.
Agriculture.
Botany, Economic.
Plant biotechnology.
631.523 / MUR/PL
Plants, biotechnology and agriculture / - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011. - ix, 310 p. : ill., maps ; - Modular texts .
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.
9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781845938710 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper) 1845938712 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper)
Plants, Cultivated.
Agriculture.
Botany, Economic.
Plant biotechnology.
631.523 / MUR/PL