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Successful agricultural innovation in emerging economies : new genetic technologies for global food production /
An authoritative review of the implementation of new crop breeding technologies and their role in feeding an increasing global population.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Author's biographies; Alfredo Aguilar; Klaus Ammann; Tina Barsby; David Baulcombe; Roger Beachy; David J. Bennett; Jack A. Bobo; Graham Brookes; Samuel Burckhardt; Claudia Canales Holzeis; Mark F. Cantley; Eugenio J. Cap; Danuta Cichocka; Gordon Conway; Adrian Dubock; Jim M. Dunwell; Ioannis Economidis; Claude Fischler; George Gaskell; Ian Graham; Julian Gray; Jonathan Gressel; Brian Heap; T.J.V. Higgins; Jens Högel; Richard C. Jennings; Drew L. Kershen; Christopher J. Leaver; Lu Bao-rong; Diran Makinde; Carel du Marchie Sarvaas; Nathalie Moll; Larry Murdock; Martin Porter.
- Wayne PowellTim Radford; Chavali Kameswara Rao; Pamela Ronald; Piet Schenkelaars; Idah Sithole-Niang; Sally Stares; Eduardo J. Trigo; Piero Venturi; Katy Wilson; Part 1 The issues of plant science and food security; 1 Reaping the benefits of plant science for food security; Food security and crop production; Sustainability and yield; Crop production and the role of plant science; Case history I: 'push-pull' systems and companion cropping; Case history II: priming for defence; Case history III: accelerated gene discovery, marker-assisted selection and cisgenic plants.
- Case history IV: homologous gene targeting as a novel approach to crop improvementGrand challenges for the future; References (Key references indicated by *); 2 Global population growth, food security and food and farming for the future; Historical population growth; Agricultural production; Global Hunger Index; Predicted population growth; Urbanisation; Constraints on agriculture; Land; Water; Climate change; Forecasts of agricultural production; Novel crops; Trade and research; Role of biotechnology; Conclusion; References; 3 New genetic crops in a global context; A confluence of crises.
- Spiking food pricesHunger on the rise; Food security in 2050?; Changes in demand; Population; Changing consumption patterns; Demand for biofuels; Changes in supply; Rising input prices; Slowing productivity increases; Land and water scarcity and deterioration; Climate change; The responses of farmers; Appropriate technologies; The rise of biotechnology; Marker-aided selection; Cell and tissue culture; Recombinant DNA; Combating drought; Managing irrigation systems; Intermediate technologies; The zai system; Conservation farming; Soda cap fertilisers; Chaperone genes; Conclusion; References.
- 4 The economic and environmental impact of first-generation biotech cropsIntroduction; Economic impacts; Farm income effects; Indirect (non-pecuniary) farm-level impacts; Herbicide-tolerant crops; Insect-resistant crops; Aggregating the impact to US crops 1996-2010; Estimating the impact in other countries; Production effects of the technology; Environmental impact from changes in insecticide and herbicide use; Impact on greenhouse gas emissions; Concluding comments; References; 5 Germplasm diversity and genetics to drive plant breeding for Africa; Introduction.