Ebook: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Хорошая книга о селекции и биотехнологии растений. Содержит сведения о новейших концепций биотехнологии растений. Книга позволяет получить представление о состоянии современной селекции растений.
Contents
Origins of plant breeding
Creating new genetic variation
Modern high-tech breeding
Rise of the public sector and the US pioneers
Public sector breeding in the UK
Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond
Resurgence of the private sector
Emergence of a new crop improvement paradigm
Decline of the public sector
Reaping the consequences
Agbiotech: genes and dreams
The future of transgenic crops I: improving the technology
The future of transgenic crops II: improving the products
Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
The roles of management, subsidies and breeding in crop improvement
The future of international plant breeding
Rebalancing our approach to crop improvement.

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This comprehensive survey of modern plant breeding traces its history from the earliest experiments at the dawn of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day and the existence of high tech agribusiness. Murphy tells the story from the perspective of a scientist working in this field, offering a rationale and evidence-based insight into its development. Crop improvement is examined from both a scientific and socio-economic perspective and the ways in which these factors interact and impact on agricultural development are discussed, including debates on genetically-modified food. Murphy highlights concerns over the future of plant breeding, as well as potential options to enable us to meet the challenges of feeding the world in the 21st century. This thoroughly interdisciplinary and balanced account serves as an essential resource for everyone involved with plant breeding research, policy and funding, as well as those wishing to engage with current debates.