Crop Modification: Biotech and Non Biotech Approaches
by Har Darshan Kumar
ISBN: 9789383129843
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 12995.00
Biblio : xii+364p., figs., tabls., gloss., ind., 23 cm
About The Book
This book introduces the reader to the pros and cons of genetic modification of crops and to the related “terminator” technology with special reference to their adoption in developing countries. In pointing out the benefits of transgenic crops or their food products, the book conveys the message that the bourgeoning populations of developing countries necessitate recourse to high-yielding genetically modified crops if the poor have to be fed and famines averted. At the same time however, certain
Table of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Exploitable Biotechnology; Introduction, Biotechnology and agriculture, Agrobiotechnology and sustainable agriculture, Plant biotechnology, The promise and peril of plant biotechnology, Molecular and traditional breeding, Plant tissue culture and seed production, Biosafety, Agroecological versus technological crop management, Ethics and public acceptance of biotechnology, Dimensions of risk; Chapter 2: Transgenic Crops in Europe and USA; Introduction, Global area under transg
