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Title Sustainable food production / Paul Christou [and others] (eds.)
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Series 2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Biomedical & Life Sciences
Contents Abiotic Stress Tolerant Crops: Genes, Pathways and Bottlenecks / Korneel Vandenbroucke, Michael Metzlaff -- Agroecological Basis for Managing Biotic Constraints / Claudio M. Ghersa -- Agronomic Interactions with CO₂ Sequestration / Rattan Lal -- Animal Breeding and Genetics, Introduction / Ignacy Misztal -- Animal Breeding Methods and Sustainability / Agustin Blasco -- Animal Breeding, Foundations of / Guilherme J.M. Rosa -- Animal Breeding, Long-Term Challenges / Peer Berg -- Animal Breeding, Modeling in / Lawrence R. Schaeffer -- Animal Genetic in Environment Interaction / Erling Strandberg -- Animal Molecular Genetics from Major Genes to Genomics / Asko Mäki-Tanila -- Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Systems, Integration of / Bela H. Buck, Gesche Krause -- Aquaculture, Ecological / Barry A. Costa-Pierce -- Aquaculture, Integrated Multi-trophic (IMTA) / Thierry Chopin
Aquaculture, Sustainability Science in / Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Glenn G. Page -- Aquapod Systems for Sustainable Ocean Aquaculture / Stephen H. Page -- Avian Specific Transgenesis / Michael J. McGrew -- Biomass Crops for Biofuels and Bio-based Products / Elizabeth E. Hood, Keat (Thomas) Teoh, Shivakumar P. Devaiah, Deborah Vicuna Requesens -- Biotechnology and Nutritional Improvement of Crops / Gemma Farre, Sonia Gomez-Galera, Shaista Naqvi, Chao Bai -- Breeding in Beef Cattle / Matthew L. Spangler -- Breeding in Developing Countries and Tropics / SWP Cloete -- Breeding in Horses / Thorvaldur Árnason -- Carrying Capacity for Aquaculture, Modeling Frameworks for Determination of / Joao G. Ferreira, Jon Grant, David W. Verner-Jeffreys -- Carrying Capacity for Sustainable Bivalve Aquaculture / Christopher W. McKindsey -- Commercialisation of GM Crops : Comparison of Regulatory Frameworks / Wendy Craig, Siva Reddy Vanga, Jorge Cabrera Medaglia
Crop Breeding for Sustainable Agriculture, Genomics Interventions in / Pawan L. Kulwal, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney -- Crop Development Related to Temperature and Photoperiod / Marc Moragues, Gregory S. McMaster -- Crop Diseases, Management and Control of / Dale R. Walters -- Crop Plants Transformation Methods / Dawei Yuan, Svetlana Dashevskaya, Richard M. Twyman, Teresa Capell, Paul Christou -- Crop Radiation Capture and Use Efficiency / Erik Murchie, Matthew Reynolds -- Crop Responses to Available Soil Water / Manuela M. Chaves, O. Zarrouk -- Crop Responses to Nitrogen / Gilles Lemaire -- Crop Science and Technology, Introduction / Paul Christou, Roxana Savin -- Crop Traits : Gene Isolation / Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko, Andy Pereira -- Crop Yields Around the World: Closing the Gap and Raising the Potential / R.A. (Tony) Fischer -- Cropping Systems : Shaping Nature / Rafael J. López-Bellido, Luis López-Bellido
Dairy Cattle Breeding / Filippo Miglior, Sarah Loker, Roger D. Shanks -- Disease-Resistant Transgenic Animals / Caroline Lassnig, Mathias Müller -- Environmental Impacts of an Open Ocean Mariculture Operation in Kona, Hawaii / Neil Anthony Sims -- Fertilizer Science and Technology / J F Angus -- Genetic Engineering of Crops for Insect Resistance / John A. Gatehouse -- Genotype by Environment Interaction and Adaptation / Ignacio Romagosa, Gisela Borràs-Gelonch, Gustavo Slafer, Fred van Eeuwijk -- Global Economic Impact of Transgenic/Biotech Crops (1996-2008) / Graham Brookes -- GM Crop Risk Debate, Science and Socioeconomics / Klaus Ammann -- Grain Quality in Oil and Cereal Crops / Déborah P. Rondanini, Lucas Borrás, Roxana Savin -- Increasing Salinity Tolerance of Crops / Stuart J. Roy, Mark Tester -- Integrated Pest Management / Ramon Albajes -- Irrigation Management for Efficient Crop Production / Elías Fereres, Margarita García-Vila
Life Cycle Assessments and Their Applications to Aquaculture Production Systems / Patrik J.G. Henriksson, Nathan L. Pelletier, Max Troell, Peter H. Tyedmers -- Livestock Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer / Sergio D. German, Keith H.S. Campbell -- Lodging Resistance in Cereals / Pete M. Berry -- Mariculture Systems, Integrated Land-Based / Muki Shpigel -- Marine Aquaculture in the Mediterranean / Dror L. Angel -- Marine Fisheries Enhancement, Coming of Age in the New Millennium / Kenneth M. Leber -- Marker-Assisted Breeding in Crops / Roberto Tuberosa -- Medicinal Plants, Engineering of Secondary Metabolites in Cell Cultures / Suvi T. Häkkinen, Anneli Ritala, Heiko Rischer, K.-M. Oksman-Caldentey -- Molecular Breeding Platforms in World Agriculture / Jean-Marcel Ribaut, Xavier Delannay, Graham McLaren, Frederick Okono -- Mussel Culture, Open Ocean Innovations / Richard Langan
Nuclear Transfer to Produce Transgenic Mammals / Alexander Kind, Angelika Schnieke -- Ocean Farming and Sustainable Aquaculture Science and Technology, An Introduction to / Barry A. Costa-Pierce -- Pig Breeding for Increased Sustainability / Pieter W. Knap -- Plant Breeding Under a Changing Climate / M. Fernanda Dreccer, David Bonnett, Tanguy Lafarge -- Plant Molecular Pharming, Industrial Enzymes / Saifullah Khan, Vidya Rajan, John Howard -- Plant Molecular Pharming, Pharmaceuticals for Human Health / Andreas Schiermeyer, Stefan Schillberg -- Plant Molecular Pharming, Veterinary Applications / Doreen M. Floss, Udo Conrad -- Polyculture in Aquaculture / Robert R. Stickney -- Poultry Breeding / Yoav Eitan, Morris Soller -- Roots and Uptake of Water and Nutrients / P. Carvalho, M J Foulkes -- Seaweed Aquaculture for Human Foods in Land-Based and IMTA Systems / Rui Pereira, Charles Yarish, Alan T. Critchley
Seed Dormancy and Agriculture, Physiology / Roberto L. Benech-Arnold, M. Verónica Rodriguez, Diego Batlla -- Shellfish Aquaculture, Methods of Sustainable / Francis X. O'Beirn, Christopher W. McKindsey, Thomas Landry -- Simulation Models as Tools for Crop Management / Herman van Keulen -- Socially Affected Traits, Inheritance and Genetic Improvement / Piter Bijma -- Spatial Crop Structure in Agricultural Systems / Emilio H. Satorre -- Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture / Stephen F. Cross -- Sustainable Herbicide-Resistant Crops / Jonathan Gressel -- Sustainable Productivity, Heat Tolerance for / Anthony E. Hall -- Transgene Expression in Plants, Control of / Sylvie De Buck, Annelies De Paepe, Ann Depicker -- Transgenic Crops Resistant to Fungal, Bacterial and Viral Pathogens / Tennant Paula, Fuchs Marc -- Transgenic Crops, Environmental Impact / Angharad M.R. Gatehouse, Martin G. Edwards, Natalie Ferry, Micheal D.K. Owen
Transgenic Crops, Next Generation / Martina Newell-McGloughlin --tTransgenic Crops, Risk Assessment and Regulatory Framework in the European Union / Yann Devos, Wendy Craig, Joachim Schiemann -- Transgenic Fishes : Applications, State of the Art, and Risk Concerns / Eric M. Hallerman -- Transgenic Livestock for Food Production, Introduction / C. Bruce A. Whitelaw -- Transgenic Livestock Technologies / Cesare Galli, Andrea Perota, Giovanna Lazzari, Franco Lucchini -- Transgenic Livestock, Decreasing Environmental Impact of / Serguei P. Golovan, Cecil W. Forsberg -- Transgenic Livestock, Enhanced Nutritional Quality in / Götz Laible -- Transgenic Livestock, Ethical Concerns and Debate / Mickey Gjerris, Reinhard Huber, Jesper Lassen, I Anna S. Olsson, Peter Sandøe -- Transgenic Technologies and Increased Livestock Fertility / F. Xavier Donadeu, Cheryl J. Ashworth -- Transgenics : Alternative Gene Transfer Methods / Louis-Marie Houdebine
Summary Population growth in the coming decades will put severe pressure on human food, animal feed, and fiber production from both land and ocean ecosystems. Environmental sustainability and social justice are increasingly important elements in debates on how to ensure adequate food for a growing global population. Gathering approximately 90 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Sustainable Food Production provides comprehensive coverage of this vital area of current research. Sections on animal breeding and genetics for food, crop science and technology, ocean farming and sustainable aquaculture science and technology, and transgenic livestock for food discuss state-of-the-art scientific advances, and place them in their proper scientific, environmental, ethical, socio-economic, and political contexts
Analysis Life sciences
Food science
Agriculture
Plant breeding
Animal genetics
Transgenic organisms
Sustainable development
Transgenics
Bibliography Cludes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Food industry and trade -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable agriculture.
Livestock -- Breeding -- Environmental aspects
Livestock -- Genetics.
Plant breeding.
Conservation of natural resources.
Agriculture -- methods
Conservation of Natural Resources
sustainable agriculture (discipline)
Conservation of natural resources
Food industry and trade -- Environmental aspects
Livestock -- Breeding -- Environmental aspects
Livestock -- Genetics
Plant breeding
Sustainable agriculture
Form Electronic book
Author Christou, Paul.
ISBN 9781461457978
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