Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology
Jones and Bartlett Publishers and the American Society of Plant Biologists have teamed up for the Second Edition of Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology. The essays collected in this text bring together aspects of genetics and plant breeding, molecular biology and genetic engineering, plant development and reproduction, soils and plant nutrition, agro-ecology and the sustainability of agricultural practices, population increases and the difficulty of eradicating hunger, pest control...
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This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production.
Chapter 1Human Population Growth: Lessons from Demography1Chapter 2Agricultural R&D, Productivity, and Global Food Prospects22Chapter 3Development, Productivity, and Sustainability of Crop Production52Chapter 4Food Security: Why Do Hunger and Malnutrition Persist in a World of Plenty?76Chapter 5Developing Food Production Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa100Chapter 6The Molecular Basis of Genetic Modification and Improvement of Crops124Chapter 7Plants in Human Nutrition and Animal Feed152Chapter 8The Genetic Basis of Growth and Development182Chapter 9Seeds: Biology, Technology, and Role in Agriculture212Chapter 10Converting Solar Energy into Crop Production240Chapter 11Plant Nutrition and Crop Improvement in Adverse Soil Conditions270Chapter 12Life Together in the Underground304Chapter 13Ten Thousand Years of Crop Evolution328Chapter 14From Classical Plant Breeding to Modern Crop Improvement360Chapter 15Crop Diseases and Strategies for Their Control390Chapter 16Strategies for Controlling Insect, Mite, and Nematode Pests414Chapter 17Weeds and Weed Control Strategies445Chapter 18Toward a Greener Agriculture472Chapter 19Plants as Chemical and Pharmaceutical Factories500Chapter 20Urban Myths and Real Concerns about Genetically Modified (GM) Crops530Index552
