Agricultural Biotechnology in China Origins and Prospects /

• Main Authors: Karplus, Valerie J. (Author), Deng, Xing Wang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.

Over the last thirty years, China has developed one of the world’s largest public research programs in agricultural biotechnology. Building on a long tradition of agricultural advances, Chinese scientists have applied biotechnology techniques to develop hundreds of novel crop varieties suited to loc...

Table of Contents:

• From Seeds to Empires: China’s Long Agricultural History
• Modern Science on the Farm: The Green Revolution
• Transformation in China’s Agriculture in the Twentieth Century
• Agricultural Biotechnology: New Tools for Ancient Practices
• Agricultural Biotechnology Takes Root in China
• From Lab to Field: A Changing Seed Delivery~System
• China’s First Transgenic Crops: Farm Level Impact
• Biosafety and China’s Regulatory Policy
• Looking to the Future: Trends in Research and Rural Development Agendas
• Conclusion.