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Plants, biotechnology and agriculture /

by Murphy, Denis J. Series: Modular texts Published by : CABI, (Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; | Cambridge, MA :) Physical details: ix, 310 p. : ill., maps ; ISBN:9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781845938710 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper); 1845938712 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper).

Subject(s): Plants, Cultivated. | Agriculture. | Botany, Economic. | Plant biotechnology.

Year: 2011

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KUFOS Central Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	631.523 MUR/PL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		10740

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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