Plants, genes, and crop biotechnology /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chrispeels, Maarten J., 1938-
Otros Autores: Sadava, David E. (coaut.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2003.
Edición:2nd ed.
Materias:
Cultivos > Ingenería genética.
Mejoramiento selectivo de las plantas.
Biotecnología vegetal.
Abastecimiento de alimentos.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Human population growth : lessons from demography
  • Agricultural R & D, productivity, and global food prospects
  • Development, productivity, and sustainability of crop production
  • Food security : why do hunger and malnutrition persist in a world of plenty?
  • Developing food production systems in sub-Saharan Africa
  • The molecular basis of genetic modification and improvement of crops
  • Plants in human nutrition and animal feed
  • The genetic basis of growth and development
  • Seeds : biology, technology, and role in agriculture
  • Converting solar energy into crop production
  • Plant nutrition and crop improvement in adverse soil conditions
  • Life together in the underground
  • Ten thousand years of crop evolution
  • From classical plant breeding to modern crop improvement
  • Crop diseases and strategies for their control
  • Strategies for controlling insect, mite, and nematode pests
  • Weeds and weed control strategies
  • Toward a greener agriculture
  • Plants as chemical and pharmaceutical factories
  • Urban myths and real concerns about genetically modified (GM) crops.

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