Murphy, Denis J. creator text bibliography enk Oxfordshire, UK Cambridge, MA CABI c2011 2011 monographic eng

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ix, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. 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 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. Denis Murphy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Plants, Cultivated Agriculture Botany, Economic Plant biotechnology SB91 .M87 2011 631.5/233 9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 1845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781845938710 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper) 1845938712 ('cabi south asia' edition : alk. paper) 2011011316 110318 20231009141043.0 0000025693