02364cam a2200457 a 4500 0000025693 20231009141043.0 110318s2011 enkmb b a001 0 eng 2011011316 694832842 9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $105.00 1845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781845938710 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper) 1845938712 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper) (OCoLC)679937015 .b69754548 c=Program for Cooperative Cataloging OSUU SB91 .M87 2011 631.5/233 22 Murphy, Denis J. Plants, biotechnology and agriculture / Denis Murphy. Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011. Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2011. ix, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Modular texts. Includes bibliographical references and index. Plants and their genomes -- Plants and their exploitation by people -- Photosynthesis and the evolution of plants -- Plant molecular genetics and genomics -- How plants function -- Plant metabolism -- Plant organization and development -- Plant responses to the environment -- How plants are manipulated -- Domestication and the empirical exploitation of plants -- The scientific manipulation of plants -- Crop improvement in the 20th century -- Plants, society and the future -- Plant biotechnologies in the 21st century -- Social context of plant biotechnologies -- Future challenges for plant biotechnology. 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. This book provides the reader with a guide to plants as both organisms and resources. Plants, Cultivated. Agriculture. Botany, Economic. Plant biotechnology. Modular texts. 150521 MARS kwx MARS N 20230822095114.0 17005 17005 0 0 0 0 cutlib cutlib 2023-10-09 0 SB 91 MUR BK00460506 2023-10-09 00:00:00 c.038079 2023-10-09 BK