Sustainable Food Production

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Christou, Paul. (Editor), Savin, Roxana. (Editor), Costa-Pierce, Barry A. (Editor), Misztal, Ignacy. (Editor), Whitelaw, C. Bruce A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food science.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Animal genetics.; Transgenic organisms.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Food Science.; Sustainable Development.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Transgenics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5797-8

Population growth in the coming decades will put severe pressure on human food, animal feed, and fiber production from both land and ocean ecosystems.� Environmental sustainability and social justice are increasingly important elements in debates on how to ensure adequate food for a� growing global...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Part I Animal Breeding and Genetics for Food.-Animal Breeding and Genetics, Introduction
• Animal Breeding Methods and Sustainability
• Animal Breeding, Foundations of Animal Breeding, Long-Term Challenges
• Animal Breeding, Modeling in
• Animal Genetic in Environment Interaction
• Part II Crop Science and Technology
• Abiotic Stress Tolerant Crops: Genes, Pathways and Bottlenecks
• Biomass Crops for Biofuels and Bio-based Products
• Biotechnology and Nutritional Improvement of Crops
• Part III Ocean Farming and Sustainable Aquaculture Science and Technology
• Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Systems, Integration of
• Aquaculture, Ecological
• Aquaculture, Integrated Multi-trophic (IMTA)
• Part IV Transgenic Livestock for Food Production
• Avian Specific Transgenesis
• Disease-Resistant Transgenic Animals
• Livestock Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
• Nuclear Transfer to Produce Transgenic Mammals.