Plant breeding and biotechnology : societal context and the future of agriculture
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
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2007
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Murphy, Denis J. , |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Plant breeding and biotechnology : |b societal context and the future of agriculture |c Denis J. Murphy |
| 260 | |a Cambridge : |b Cambridge University Press , |c 2007 | ||
| 300 | |a xxviii, 423 p. ; |c 26 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-410) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Pt. I The science of plant breeding -- 1. Origins of plant breeding -- 2. Creating new genetic variation -- 3. Modern high-tech breeding -- Pt. II The societal context of plant breeding -- 4. Rise of the public sector and the US pioneers -- 5. Public sector breeding in the UK -- 6. Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond -- Pt. III Turmoil and transition: the legacy of the 1980s -- 7. Resurgence of the private sector -- 8. Emergence of a new crop improvement paradigm -- 9. Decline of the public sector -- 10. Reaping the consequences -- Pt. IV The agbiotech paradigm -- 11. Agbiotech: genes and dreams -- 12. The future of transgenic crops I: improving the technology -- 13. The future of transgenic crops II: improving the products -- Pt. V Increasing global crop production: the new challenges -- 14. Feeding the world - fallacies and realities -- 15. The roles of management, subsidies and breeding in crop improvement -- Pt. VI Plant breeding in the twenty-first century -- 16. The future of international plant breeding -- 17. Rebalancing our approach to crop improvement -- 18. Where do we go from here? -- 19. Conclusions and recommendations | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Plant biotechnology | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Plant biotechnology |x History | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Plant breeding | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Plant breeding |x History | |
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