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Book Title
Plants, Biotechnology and Agriculture
Publication Name
Plants, Biotechnology and Agriculture
Title
Plants, Biotechnology and Agriculture
Author
Denis Murphy
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1845936884
EAN
9781845936884
ISBN
9781845936884
Publisher
CABI
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Gardening, Science
Topic
Biotechnology, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, General, Agriculture / General
Release Date
07/11/2011
Release Year
2011
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
9.7in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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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. Plants, Biotechnology and Agriculture provides the reader with a guide to plants as both organisms and resources. The first half of the book gives an overview of plant biology, suitable for students of plant biology and agriculture as well as those without a biology background. This is followed by an outline of the human exploitation of plants, from domestication to scientific manipulation. Further chapters describe the technologies that are now being used to improve crops, society's responses to these technologies, and how they are being modified as a result. The book concludes with a discussion of future challenges for biotechnology in the face of rapid population growth, depletion of non-renewable resources and climate change.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
CABI
ISBN-10
1845936884
ISBN-13
9781845936884
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99610039

Product Key Features

Book Title
Plants, Biotechnology and Agriculture
Author
Denis Murphy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biotechnology, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, General, Agriculture / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Gardening, Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Sb91.M87 2011
Reviews
The book is very well written, easy to read and well structured. Each chapter starts with an overview and finishes with a summary. Although the book covers a wide range of subjects, from plant genomics to plant function and breeding, the focus is always on biotechnology. The author's views are well balanced between the importance of the new GM technology and the reasonable doubts with single gene approaches. This book is highly suitable for the intended readers: senior level undergraduates, postgraduates studying fro a degree in biology, plant science, agriculture, biotechnology, crop science or breeding. I also recommend it fro everybody interested in crop improvement as a future challenge.
Table of Content
Part I: Plants and their Genomes 1: Plants and their Exploitation by People 2: Photosynthesis and the Evolution of Plants 3: Plant Molecular Genetics and Genomics Part II: How Plants Function 4: Plant Metabolism 5: Plant Organization and Development 6: Plant Responses to the Environment Part III: How Plants are Manipulated 7: Domestication and the Empirical Exploitation of Plants 8: The Scientific Manipulation of Plants 9: Crop Improvement in the 20th Century Part IV: Plants, Society and the Future 10: Plant Biotechnologies in the 21st Century 11: Social Context of Plant Biotechnologies 12: Future Challenges for Plant Biotechnology
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2011-011316
Dewey Decimal
631.5233
Series
Animal and Veterinary Science Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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