Plants, Genes & Agriculture: Sustainability through Biotechnology
Published in Print:15 November 2017 Published Online:31 August 2023
ISBN:9781605356846
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Abstract
Plants, Genes, and Agriculture looks at the human population and the food supply now and how the global food system has changed over time. It looks at the role of plants in the human diet. It considers the importance of genes, genomics, and molecular biology. It asks how we can convert solar energy into crop-production and considers innovations in agriculture. The text also looks at soil ecosystems, plant nutrition, biotic challenges from weeds, plant diseases, biotic changes, and abiotic stress. The text then considers food safety, and asks specifically if foods made from GE crops are safe to eat. It ends looking at how technology has impacted plants and agriculture over the last few years.
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food supply, human diet, solar energy, crop-production, agriculture, plant diseases, food safety, technology, GE cropsYou do not currently have access to this article
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Contents
- Front Matter
- 1. The Human Population and Its Food Supply in the 21st Century
- 2. A Changing Global Food System: One Hundred Centuries of Agriculture
- 3. Plants in Human Nutrition, Diet, and Health
- 4. Genes, Genomics, and Molecular Biology: The Basis of Modern Crop Improvement
- 5. Growth and Development: From Fertilized Egg Cell to Flowering Plant
- 6. Converting Solar Energy into Crop Production
- 7. The Domestication of Our Food Crops
- 8. From Classical Plant Breeding to Molecular Crop Improvement
- 9. Plant Propagationby Seeds and Vegetative Processes
- 10. Innovations in Agriculture: How Farm Technologies Are Developed and How They Reach Farmers
- 11. Soil Ecosystems,Plant Nutrition, and Nutrient Cycling
- 12. Biotic Challenges: Weeds
- 13. Plant Diseases and Strategies for Their Control
- 14. Biotic Challenges: Pests
- 15. Abiotic Stresses and How They Affect Crop Yield
- 16. Introduced Traits That Benefit Farmers and Industry
- 17. Introduced Traits That Benefit the Consumer
- 18. Food Safety: Are Foods Made from GE Crops Safe to Eat?
- 19. Challenges and Solutions for Subsistence Farmers
- 20. Plants as Chemical Factories
- 21. Plants as Factories for the Production of Protein Biologics
- 22. Sustainable Food Production in the 21st Century
- End Matter
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