Book contents
- The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply
- Dedication
- The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Editors
- Contributing Authors
- Abbreviations
- 1 World Population Growth and Food Supply
- 2 Social Challenges
- 3 Loving Biotechnology
- 4 Biotechnology in Crop Production
- 5 Biotechnology and the Control of Viral Diseases of Crops
- 6 Animal Biotechnologies and Agricultural Sustainability
- 7 Genetically Engineered Crops Can Be Part of a Sustainable Food Supply
- 8 Ecological Considerations in Biotechnology
- 9 Organic Agriculture as an Alternative to a GE-Based System
- 10 A Case Study of Rice from Traditional Breeding to Genomics
- 11 Case Study
- 12 Precautionary Practice of Risk Assessment
- 13 Risk Assessment Approaches and Implications
- 14 The Context for Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture
- 15 Agricultural Biotechnology
- Index
4 - Biotechnology in Crop Production
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply
- Dedication
- The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Editors
- Contributing Authors
- Abbreviations
- 1 World Population Growth and Food Supply
- 2 Social Challenges
- 3 Loving Biotechnology
- 4 Biotechnology in Crop Production
- 5 Biotechnology and the Control of Viral Diseases of Crops
- 6 Animal Biotechnologies and Agricultural Sustainability
- 7 Genetically Engineered Crops Can Be Part of a Sustainable Food Supply
- 8 Ecological Considerations in Biotechnology
- 9 Organic Agriculture as an Alternative to a GE-Based System
- 10 A Case Study of Rice from Traditional Breeding to Genomics
- 11 Case Study
- 12 Precautionary Practice of Risk Assessment
- 13 Risk Assessment Approaches and Implications
- 14 The Context for Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture
- 15 Agricultural Biotechnology
- Index
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- The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Food Supply , pp. 49 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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