Improving crop productivity in sustainable agriculture /
An up-to-date overview of current progress in improving crop quality and quantity using modern methods. With a particular emphasis on genetic engineering, this text focusses on crop improvement under adverse conditions, paying special attention to such staple crops as rice, maize, and pulses. Improv...
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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Publisher Address: | Weinheim : |
Publication Dates: | [2013] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527665334 |
Summary: |
An up-to-date overview of current progress in improving crop quality and quantity using modern methods. With a particular emphasis on genetic engineering, this text focusses on crop improvement under adverse conditions, paying special attention to such staple crops as rice, maize, and pulses. Improving Crop Productivity in Sustainable Agriculture includes an excellent mix of specific examples, such as the creation of nutritionally-fortified rice and a discussion of the political and economic implications of genetically engineered food. The result is a must-have hands-on. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 518 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9783527665334 3527665331 9783527665181 3527665188 9783527665198 3527665196 9783527665204 352766520X 9781299157804 1299157807 |
Index Number: | SB106 |
CLC: | S33 |
Contents: | Part 1. Climate Change and Abiotic Stress Factors: Climate Change and Food Security / R.B. Singh -- Improving Crop Productivity under Changing Environment / Navjot K. Dhillon, Satbir S. Gosal, Manjit S. Kang -- Genetic Engineering for Acid Soil Tolerance in Plants / Sagarika Mishra, Lingaraj Sahoo, Sanjib K. Panda -- Evaluation of Tropospheric O₃ Effects on Global Agriculture: A New Insight / Richa Rai, Abhijit Sarkar, S.B. Agrawal, Madhoolika Agrawal -- Part 2. Methods to Improve Crop Productivity: Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants: "-Omics" Appr |