Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production
| Other author | Dubey, Suresh Kumar Editor |
| Other author | Pandey, Ashok Editor |
| Other author | Sangwan, Rajender Singh Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology Books |
| Description | 308 p. 09.250 x 07.500 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Chemical Engineering 2016 [EBCCE16] |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Annotation Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Crop Modification, Nutrition, and Food Production provides extensive coverage of new developments, state-of-the-art technologies, and potential future trends, presenting data-based scientific knowledge on agribiotechnology and describing world agriculture and the role biotechnology can play in ensuring food security over the next fifty years. The book discusses the effects of climate change in agriculture and the resultant emergence of new crops, including drought tolerant and more nutritious plants. In addition, the book discusses insect and virus resistance in plants and outlines plant metabolic engineering for agriculture, genetically engineered plants, and microbial diseases. Highlights recent developments in agriculture due to biotechnologyRelates the effect of climate change in agriculture to the development of new cropsDescribes the application of metabolic engineering in the development of new genetically modified plants |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780444636614 |
| ISBN | 0444636617 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780444636614 |
| Stock number | 00991439 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |