| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 648 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Qualitative improvement of crop plants -- 2. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- 3. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) -- 4. Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) -- 5. Oat (Avena sativa L.) -- 6. Rye (Secale cereale L.) -- 7. Maize (Zea mays L.) -- 8. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) -- 9. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) -- 10. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) -- 11. Cassava (Manihot esculenta L.) -- 12. Phaseolus beans -- 13. Vigna species -- 14. Broad bean (Vicia faba L.) -- 15. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) -- 16. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) -- 17. Brassica vegetables -- 18. Cucurbita vegetables -- 19. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) -- 20. Onion (Allium cepa L.) -- 21. Soybean (Glycine max L.) -- 22. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) -- 23. Oilseed brassicas -- 24. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) -- 25. Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) -- 26. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) -- 27. Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) |
| Summary |
Until recently, breeding efforts in mass produced food crops centered on high yield production, yet sacrificed flavor, taste, and other qualities. Now, more emphasis is being placed on the enhancement of nutritional and medicinal properties as well as from an environmental impact and sustainability standpoint. This volume looks at the use of crops for a myriad of purposes, including the prevention and/or mitigation of various diseases, vaccine and antigen production, biofuel production, and the suppression of weeds |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Food crops -- Genetic engineering
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Field crops -- Genetic engineering
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Plant genetic engineering -- Health aspects
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Transgenic plants -- Therapeutic use
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Crop improvement.
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Transgenic plants.
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Plants, Genetically Modified -- adverse effects
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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Crop improvement
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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Transgenic plants
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Crop improvement
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Food crops -- Genetic engineering
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781439856048 |
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1439856044 |
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