Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production
Ashok Pandey editor Suresh Kumar Dubey editor Rajender Singh Sangwan editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
Published:15th Sep '16
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A single compendium of detailed information on recent developments highlighting the role biotechnology plays in modern agriculture
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge on agribiotechnology and describing world agriculture and the role biotechnology can play in ensuring food security over the next fifty years. The book discusses the effects of climate change in agriculture and the resultant emergence of new crops, including drought tolerant and more nutritious plants. In addition, the book discusses insect and virus resistance in plants and outlines plant metabolic engineering for agriculture, genetically engineered plants, and microbial diseases.
ISBN: 9780444636614
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 620g
308 pages