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Item Details
Title:
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN CROP PROTECTION
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By: |
G. Marshall |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£189.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0412543907 |
ISBN 13: |
9780412543906 |
Publisher: |
CHAPMAN AND HALL |
Edition: |
1994 ed. |
Pages: |
283 |
Description: |
Provides an account of the use of techniques in plant molecular biology for crop protection. This book is intended for personnel in the crop protection industry, researchers and academics. |
Synopsis: |
Few individuals can be unmoved by the impact of molecular biology. Advances in the discipline over four decades have progressed at a rate unrivalled in other scientific areas. In its formative years, molecular biology examined the chemical and physical structures of biological molecules, subsequently elucidated the nature and function of DNA and evolved into molecular genetics. From this exponential growth of scientific knowledge, tremendous opportunities were created for the application of molecular approaches to solve problems in applied biology. This book describes the new productive association between novel state- of-the-art molecular biology and crop protection, a discipline with a sound heritage in traditional applied biology and chemistry. Never before has crop protection faced such diverse challenges. It is charged with improving global food supplies and with the pressure of population increases of one billion in the next decade. But to consider protection of crops simply in terms of weed, pest and disease control would be a gross oversimplification of the mission. Rather, crop protectionists must develop measures which will maintain crop yield and quality without harm to the environment. Chemical, cultural and biological approaches to crop protection must also fulfil evolving legislative demands and address the issues which confer public acceptability. |
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XII, 283 p. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Chapman and Hall |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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