Progress in New Crops
Author | : Jules Janick |
Publisher | : Ashs Press |
Total Pages | : 660 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Alternative agriculture |
ISBN | : 9780961502737 |
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Author | : Jules Janick |
Publisher | : Ashs Press |
Total Pages | : 660 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Alternative agriculture |
ISBN | : 9780961502737 |
Author | : Jules Janick |
Publisher | : Timber Press (OR) |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 607 |
Release | : 2017-01-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309437385 |
Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their concerns about possible adverse effects on human health, the environment, and ethical considerations. At the same time, others are concerned that the technology is not reaching its potential to improve human health and the environment because of stringent regulations and reduced public funding to develop products offering more benefits to society. While the debate about these and other questions related to the genetic engineering techniques of the first 20 years goes on, emerging genetic-engineering technologies are adding new complexities to the conversation. Genetically Engineered Crops builds on previous related Academies reports published between 1987 and 2010 by undertaking a retrospective examination of the purported positive and adverse effects of GE crops and to anticipate what emerging genetic-engineering technologies hold for the future. This report indicates where there are uncertainties about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other impacts of GE crops and food, and makes recommendations to fill gaps in safety assessments, increase regulatory clarity, and improve innovations in and access to GE technology.
Author | : G.E. Wickens |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1989-06-30 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780412315008 |
Examining the development of alternative crops, this volume covers topics which include genetic engineering and tissue culture techniques, and marketing potential utility of new crops.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : New crops |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Karl Schneider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Alternative agriculture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Khalid Rehman Hakeem |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2013-06-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461470285 |
The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production. Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the world. Enormous efforts are made all over the world to document as well as use these resources. Everybody knows that the introgression of genes in wheat provided the foundation for the “Green Revolution”. Later also demonstrated the great impact that genetic resources have on production. Several factors are contributing to high plant performance under different environmental conditions, therefore an effective and complementary use of all available technological tools and resources is needed to meet the challenge.
Author | : United States. Agricultural Research Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 1964* |
Genre | : New crops |
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Author | : Parvaiz Ahmad |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2013-11-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461488303 |
Current trends in population growth hint that global food production is unlikely to gratify future demands under predicted climate change scenarios unless the rates of crop improvement are accelerated. Crop production faces numerous challenges, due to changing environmental conditions and evolving needs for new plant-derived materials. These challenges come at a time when the plant sciences are witnessing remarkable progress in understanding fundamental processes of plant growth and development. Drought, heat, cold and salinity are among the major abiotic stresses that often cause a series of morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular alterations which adversely affect plant growth, development and productivity, consequently posing a serious challenge for sustainable food production in large parts of the world, particularly in emerging countries. This emphasizes the urgency of finding better ways to translate new advances in plant science into concrete successes in agricultural production. To overcome the pessimistic influence of abiotic stresses and to maintain the food security in the face of these challenges, new, improved and tolerant crop varieties, contemporary breeding techniques, and cavernous understanding of the mechanisms that counteract detrimental climate changes are indubitably needed to sustain the requisite food supply. In this context, Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes, Volume 1 provides a state-of-the-art guide to recent developments that aid in the understanding of plant responses to abiotic stresses and lead to new horizons vis-à-vis prime strategies for translating current research into applied solutions to create strong yields and overall crop improvement under such unfavourable environments. Written by a diverse group of internationally famed scholars, Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes, Volume 1 is a brief yet all-inclusive resource that is immensely advantageous for researchers, students, environmentalists, soil scientists, professionals, and many others in the quest of advancement in this flourishing field of research.
Author | : Manjit S. Kang |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2005-12-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1482282879 |
Get cutting-edge information to improve crop breeding and productivity! Crop improvement will become progressively important over the next few decades as the world’s population is expected to top 10 billion people, with more than eight billion in developing countries alone. Genetic and Production Innovations in Field Crop Technolog