Screen LibraryPlants, biotechnology and agriculture
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
CABI,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxfordshire, UK Cambridge, MA |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Modular texts |
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| Carrier Form: | ix, 310 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q949 |
| CLC: |
Q949.9 S5 |
| Call Number: | Q949.9/M978 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Plants and their genomes -- Plants and their exploitation by people -- Photosynthesis and the evolution of plants -- Plant molecular genetics and genomics -- How plants function -- Plant metabolism -- Plant organization and development -- Plant responses to the environment -- How plants are manipulated -- Domestication and the empirical exploitation of plants -- The scientific manipulation of plants -- Crop improvement in the 20th century -- Plants, society and the future -- Plant biotechnologies in the 21st century -- Social context of plant biotechnologies -- Future challenges for plant bi |