Plant breeding and biotechnology : societal context and the future of agriculture

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Main Author: Murphy, Denis J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2007
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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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