Plant breeding and biotechnology societal context and the future of agriculture /

• Main Author: Murphy, Denis J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
• Subjects: Plant breeding.; Plant breeding > History.; Plant biotechnology.; Plant biotechnology > History.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agronomy > General. > Agriculture; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Sustainable Agriculture. > Agriculture; Plantes > Amélioration.; Plantes > Amélioration > Histoire.; Plantes > Biotechnologie.; Plantes > Biotechnologie > Histoire.; Electronic books.
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Up-to-date assessment of plant breeding and crop improvement; from its origins to present debates on genetically-modified food.

Table of Contents:

• Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Using this book; Nomenclature and terminology; Measurements and dates; Initials and acronyms; Industrial and developing countries; Abbreviations and glossary; Introduction; Part I The science of plant breeding; 1 Origins of plant breeding; 2 Creating new genetic variation; 3 Modern high-tech breeding; Part II The societal context of plant breeding; 4 Rise of the public sector and the US pioneers; 5 Public sector breeding in the UK; 6 Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond