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Author Colloquium on Plants and Population: Is There Time? (1998 : Irvine, Calif.)

Title Colloquium on Plants and Population : Is There Time? / [edited by Joel E. Cohen and Nina V. Federoff]
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (v, pages 5903-6008) : illustrations (some color)
Contents COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME? -- Plants and Population: is there time? -- Contents -- Plants and population: Is there time? -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE -- COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE -- INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM -- CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE -- World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term -- KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK. -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- CONCLUSIONS
The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter centuryGlobal and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE IFPRI�IMPACT MODEL -- III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS -- IV. POLICY SCENARIOS -- V. POLICY SIMULATIONS -- VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX: THE IFPRI�IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE -- World food trends and prospects to 2025 -- CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS -- THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY -- CONCLUSION
Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES -- USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS? -- Ecological approaches and the development of “truly integrated� pest management
INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTSECOLOGY OF HOST�PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL -- CONCLUSIONS -- Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture -- THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION -- INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS -- YIELD POTENTIAL -- SOIL QUALITY -- PRECISION AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- The transition to agricultural sustainability -- SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS CRESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS -- Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds -- AGRONOMIC TRAITS -- DIFFERENTIATED CROPS -- PLANTS AS FACTORIES -- Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming -- CONCLUSIONS -- Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer -- From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Agriculture -- Congresses
Food supply -- Congresses
Biodiversity conservation -- Congresses
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Agriculture
Biodiversity conservation
Food supply
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Cohen, Joel E
Fedoroff, Nina V. (Nina Vsevolod), 1942-
ISBN 0309569303
9780309569309
9780309064279
0309064279
OTHER TI Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America