This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production.
The modification of crops aims to improve characteristics like disease resistance, flavor, size, color, etc. This book explores all the important aspects of plant genetics and crop biotechnology.
As well as new sections on genome editing, this edition includes expanded sections on current GM crops and future developments in plant biotechnology, and updated sections on techniques, legislation and the GM crop debate.The previous ...
This encyclopedia provides an introduction to plant biology and crop science.
This text is recommended for junior- and senior-level courses in plant biotechnology or plant genetics and for courses devoted to special topics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an ideal reference for practitioners.
Plants, Gene and Crop Biotechnology
A result was Gaines wheat : short , strong , high - yielding , and well adapted to the heavy rainfall of that region . Again record wheat yields were reported . Two problems with Gaines wheat made it unsuitable for tropical and ...
The book describes the techniques underpinning genetic manipulation and makes extensive use of case studies to illustrate how this influential tool is used in practice.