Plant Biotechnology Experience and Future Prospects [Paperback]

Written in easy to follow language, the book presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all. This book introduces the scope and method of plant biotechnologies and molecular breeding within the context of environmental analysis and assessment, a diminishing supply of productive arable land, scarce water resources and climate change. Authors who have studied how agro ecosystems have changed during the first decade and a half of commercial deployment review effects and stress needs that must be considered to make these tools sustainable.

Foreword Dr Bruce McPHERON, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences, Ohio State University, USA

1. Introduction - Biotechnological interventions for crop improvement: answers to global challenges
Dr William DAR, Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India

Part I. The Tools for Engineering Plants

2. The Evolution of Agriculture and Tools for Plant Innovations
Dr Agnes RICROCH, AgroParisTech, France and Penn State University, USA?

3. Techniques of Plant Breeding: Field Crops
Dr Surinder CHOPRA, Penn State University, USA

4. Genomic Methods for Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
Dr Dea-Wook KIM, South Dakota State University, USA, and National Institute of Crop Science, South Korea, Dr Ganesh KUMAR AGRAWAL, Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Nepal, Dr Randeep RAKWAL, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Dr Shahid AHMED, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, India, & Dr Jai Singh ROHILA, South Dakota State University, USA

Part II. Contributions to the Society

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