Plant biotechnology and agriculture : prospects for the 21st century
As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing...
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Amsterdam, Netherlands; Boston, Massachusetts :
Elsevier ,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to basic procedures in plant biotechnology
- 2. Breeding biotechnologies
- 3. Plant germplasm
- 4. Controlling plant response to the environment : abiotic and biotic stress
- 5. Biotechnology for improvement of yield and quality traits
- 6. Plants as factories for industrial products, pharmaceuticals, biomaterials, and bioenergy
- 7. Commercial, legal, sociological, and public aspects of agricultural plant biotechnologies