| Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production Contributor(s): Dubey, Suresh Kumar (Editor), Pandey, Ashok (Editor), Sangwan, Rajender Singh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0444636617 ISBN-13: 9780444636614 Publisher: Elsevier OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Biotechnology - Technology & Engineering | Manufacturing |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.4" W x 9.4" (1.85 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge on agribiotechnology and describing world agriculture and the role biotechnology can play in ensuring food security over the next fifty years. The book discusses the effects of climate change in agriculture and the resultant emergence of new crops, including drought tolerant and more nutritious plants. In addition, the book discusses insect and virus resistance in plants and outlines plant metabolic engineering for agriculture, genetically engineered plants, and microbial diseases. |