Plant Genetic Engineering
- Paperback
267 pages
- Release Date
25 December 2011
Summary
Plant biotechnology offers important opportunities for agriculture, horticul ture, and the food industry by generating new transgenic crop varieties with altered properties. This is likely to change farming practices, improve the quality of fresh and processed plant products, and reduce the impact of food production on the environment. The purpose of this series is to review the basic science that underpins plant biotechnology and to show how this knowledge is being used in directed plant br…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789401066686 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 940106668X |
| Author: | Donald Grierson |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 267 |
| Release Date: | 25 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 419g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Plant Biotechnology Series |
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`This recent addition to the ever-increasing library of publishers’ plant biotechnology series aims to review the basic science underpinning plant biotechnology and to show how this knowledge is being used in directed plant breeding…Numerous references enable the reader to get further information…Altogether the book provides a good summary of the different aspects of the fast developing field of plant genetic engineering.‘ Plant Breeding Abstracts
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