Plant Biotechnology

Experience and Future Prospects
Herausgegeben:Ricroch, Agnès; Chopra, Surinder; Fleischer, Shelby J.

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Produktbeschreibung

Written in easy to follow language, the book presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all. This book introduces the scope and method of plant biotechnologies and molecular breeding within the context of environmental analysis and assessment, a diminishing supply of productive arable land, scarce water resources and climate change. Authors who have studied how agro ecosystems have changed during the first decade and a half of commercial deployment review effects and stress needs that must be considered to make these tools sustainable.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-34541-3
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9783319345413
• ISBN-10: 3319345419
• Artikelnr.: 45753173

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction.- 2: The Evolution of Agriculture and Tools for Plant Innovations.- 3: Techniques of Plant Breeding: Field Crops.- 4: Genomic Methods for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops.- 5: Transgenic Crops and Food Security.- 6: Intellectual Property Protection of Plant Innovation.- 7: Prospects for Agricultural Biotechnology to 2030.- 8: Genetically Engineered Crops and Rural Society.- 9: Is It Possible to Overcome the GMO Controversy? Some Elements for a Philosophical Perspective.- 10: Sustainable Management of Insect-Resistant Crops.- 11: Effects of GM Crops on Non-Target Organisms.- 12: Herbicide-Resistant Crop Biotechnology: Potential and Pitfalls.- 13: Virus-Resistant Crops and Trees.- 14: Role of Biotechnology to Produce Plants Resistant to Fungal Pathogens.- 15: Root Traits for Improving Nitrogen Acquisition Efficiency.- 16: Biotech Approaches for Crop Improvement in The Semi-Arid Tropics.- 17: Sustainable Soil Health.- 18: Approaches for Vegetable and Fruit Quality Trait Improvement.- 19: Bio fortification. Vitamin A Deficiency and the Case for Golden Rice.- 20: Production of Medicines from Engineered Proteins in Plants: Proteins for a New Century.

Rezensionen

"These Contributions by internationally recognized agriculture experts on the future prospects of biotechnology emphasize the many challenges in the next half-century: climate, energy, food, land degradation, and loss of biodiversity-all exacerbated by population increases demanding dramatic improvements in food security, particularly in the developing world and semi-arid tropics. ... Summing Up: Recommended. All levels of students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (W. Loescher, Choice, Vol. 52 (8), April, 2015)