Описание: This book analyzes the impacts of current and possible future GM crop applications and shows that these technologies can contribute substantially to sustainable agricultural development and food security.
Автор: Minnis Paul E. Название: New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops ISBN: 0816530629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816530625 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 10672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Over many millennia, farmers across the world have domesticated literally thousands of species and developed tens of thousands of varieties of these plants. Despite the astonishing agricultural diversity that existed long ago, the world's current food base has narrowed to a dangerous level. By studying the long and dynamic history of farming in the ancient past, archaeology can play a part in helping ensure the stability of the human food supply by identifying once-important crops and showing where and how such crops were grown in the past. Thanks to this work, extinct crops might even be redomesticated from their wild progenitors. New Lives for Ancient and Extinct Crops profiles nine plant species that were important contributors to human diets and had medicinal uses in antiquity: maygrass, chenopod, marshelder, agave, little barley, chia, arrowroot, little millet, and bitter vetch. Each chapter is written by a well-known scholar, who illustrates the global value of the ancient crop record to inform the present. From eastern and western North America, Mesoamerica, South America, western Asia, and south-central Asia, the contributors provide examples of the unexpected wealth of information available in the archaeological record about ancient and extinct crops.
Автор: Thomas McKeon Название: Industrial Oil Crops ISBN: 1893997987 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781893997981 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 20380.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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"Industrial Oil Crops" presents the latest information on important products derived from seed and other plant oils, their quality, the potential environmental benefit, and the latest trends in industrial uses. This book provides a comprehensive view of key oil crops that provide products used for fuel, surfactants, paints and coatings, lubricants, high-value polymers, safe plasticizers and numerous other products, all of which compete effectively with petroleum-derived products for quality and cost. Specific products derived from oil crops are a principle concern, and other fundamental aspects of developing oil crops for industrial uses are also covered. These include improvement through traditional breeding, and molecular, tissue culture and genetic engineering contributions to breeding, as well as practical aspects of what is needed to bring a new or altered crop to market. As such, this book provides a handbook for developing products from renewable resources that can replace those currently derived from petroleum. Led by an international team of expert editors, this book will be a valuable asset for those in product research and development as well as basic plant research related to oil crops. Up-to-date review of all the key oilseed crops used primarily for industrial purposesHighlights the potential for providing renewable resources to replace petroleum derived productsComprehensive chapters on biodiesel and polymer chemistry of seed oilIncludes chapters on economics of new oilseed crops, emerging oilseed crops, genetic modification and plant tissue culture technology for oilseed improvement
Автор: Renate Schmidt; Ian Bancroft Название: Genetics and Genomics of the Brassicaceae ISBN: 1461427789 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461427780 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 36570.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: These focus upon the Brassicaceae species as models for studying genome evolution following polyploidy, the impact of advances in genome sequencing technology, prospects for future transcriptome analysis and upcoming model systems.
Автор: Naser A. Anjum; Iqbal Ahmad; M. Eduarda Pereira; A Название: The Plant Family Brassicaceae ISBN: 9400793839 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400793835 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18284.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book comprehensively evaluates the latest progress in use of the plant family Brassicaceae (Crucifereae or the mustard family) as an important part of the plants- and associated microbes-based strategies for cleaning up various environmental contaminants.
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