Agricultural Biotechnology

by Arie Altman

Overview

This work integrates basic biotechnological methodologies with up-to-date agricultural practices, offering solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry. It presents and evaluates the limitations of classical methodologies and the potential of novel and emergent agriculturally related biotechnologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824794392
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/06/1997
Series:	Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	792
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.90(d)

Table of Contents

Plant biotechnology: clonal germplasm; crop improvement; metabolite production. Microbial agro-biotechnology: biotechnology of plant pest control; biofertilization, fermentation and bioremediation. Livestock biotechnology: germplasm, reproduction and fertility; transgenic livestock - growth, milk and egg production; livestock diseases. Marine biotechnology: fish and marine invertebrates; macro- and micro-algae. Legal and public aspects.

Editorial Reviews

". . .a comprehensive handbook to the application of biotechnology to agricultural and marine production systems. . ..an impressive array of authors.. . . . . .the chapters. . ..make fascinating reading. . .. . . .extensively referenced, with some 3,500 citations in total. . ..will clearly be a valuable reference book for libraries and active research workers. "
—-Plant Growth Regulation
"This comprehensive volume deals with virtually every facet of the large field of agricultural biotechnology, including plants, fermenting and lignin-degrading microorganisms, livestock, fish and marine invertebrates, and algae....well worth its price."
—-Journal of Plant Physiology

From the Publisher

This comprehensive volume deals with virtually every facet of the large field of agricultural biotechnology, including plants, fermenting and lignin-degrading microorganisms, livestock, fish and marine invertebrates, and algae....well worth its price.

Journal of Plant Physiology

...a comprehensive handbook to the application of biotechnology to agricultural and marine production systems....an impressive array of authors.... ...the chapters....make fascinating reading.... ...extensively referenced, with some 3,500 citations in total....will clearly be a valuable reference book for libraries and active research workers.

Plant Growth Regulation

Integrates basic biotechnological methodologies with agricultural practices, providing solutions to specific agricultural needs and problems from plant and crop yield to animal husbandry. Thirty-six contributions are grouped within the four major areas of modern agricultural biotechnology: biotechnology of plants and specific crops, including genetic engineering for yield and quality traits, metabolite production, rapid clonal propagation, and germplasm conservation; microbial agro-biotechnology, including new approaches to plant pest control, bioremediation, and fermentation of agricultural products; livestock biotechnology, including genetic manipulations for improving fertility and reproduction, growth, milk quality, egg production, disease control, and gene-pharming; and marine biotechnology, including the use and improvement of fish, macro-, and micro-algae for food and biochemical production and environmental uses. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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