Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Хорошая книга о селекции и биотехнологии растений. Содержит сведения о новейших концепций биотехнологии растений. Книга позволяет получить представление о состоянии современной селекции растений.
Contents
Origins of plant breeding
Creating new genetic variation
Modern high-tech breeding
Rise of the public sector and the US pioneers
Public sector breeding in the UK
Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond
Resurgence of the private sector
Emergence of a new crop improvement paradigm
Decline of the public sector
Reaping the consequences
Agbiotech: genes and dreams
The future of transgenic crops I: improving the technology
The future of transgenic crops II: improving the products
Increasing global crop production: the new challenges
The roles of management, subsidies and breeding in crop improvement
The future of international plant breeding
Rebalancing our approach to crop improvement.