Plant Biotechnology Experience and Future Prospects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ricroch, Agnès (Editor), Chopra, Surinder (Editor), Fleischer, Shelby J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant pathology.; Plant breeding.; Entomology.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Pathology.; Environment, general.

By the year 2050, there will be more than 9 billion people in the world; nearly 3 billion more than today. The world’s population will increase by over 700 million in the next 10 years – much of it in regions which are currently in a food deficit. How can governments ensure a secure and stable food...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: The Evolution of Agriculture and Tools for Plant Innovations
• 3: Techniques of Plant Breeding: Field Crops
• 4: Genomic Methods for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
• 5: Transgenic Crops and Food Security
• 6: Intellectual Property Protection of Plant Innovation
• 7: Prospects for Agricultural Biotechnology to 2030
• 8: Genetically Engineered Crops and Rural Society
• 9: Is It Possible to Overcome the GMO Controversy? Some Elements for a Philosophical Perspective
• 10: Sustainable Management of Insect-Resistant Crops
• 11: Effects of GM Crops on Non-Target Organisms
• 12: Herbicide-Resistant Crop Biotechnology: Potential and Pitfalls
• 13: Virus-Resistant Crops and Trees
• 14: Role of Biotechnology to Produce Plants Resistant to Fungal Pathogens
• 15: Root Traits for Improving Nitrogen Acquisition Efficiency
• 16: Biotech Approaches for Crop Improvement in The Semi-Arid Tropics
• 17: Sustainable Soil Health
• 18: Approaches for Vegetable and Fruit Quality Trait Improvement
• 19: Bio fortification. Vitamin A Deficiency and the Case for Golden Rice
• 20: Production of Medicines from Engineered Proteins in Plants: Proteins for a New Century.