TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murphy,Denis J.
TI  - Plants, biotechnology and agriculture
T2  - Modular texts
SN  - 9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
AV  - SB91 .M87 2011
U1  - 631.5/233 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - CABI
KW  - Plants, Cultivated
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Botany, Economic
KW  - Plant biotechnology
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -