Plants, biotechnology and agriculture /
Murphy, Denis J.
C.A.B. International.
Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Plants and their genomes -- Plants and their exploitation by people -- Photosynthesis and the evolution of plants -- Plant molecular genetics and genomics -- How plants function -- Plant metabolism -- Plant organization and development -- Plant responses to the environment -- How plants are manipulated -- Domestication and the empirical exploitation of plants -- The scientific manipulation of plants -- Crop improvement in the 20th century -- Plants, society and the future -- Plant biotechnologies in the 21st century -- Social context of plant biotechnologies -- Future challenges for plant biotechnology.
Plants, Cultivated.
Agriculture.
Botany, Economic.
Plant biotechnology.