Kaur Ranjit (77 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 202 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.51 inches. In Stock.

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Contents 1 Biotechnology for Endangered Plant conservation 2 Environmental benefits of conservation tillage 3 The role of biotechnology in plant conservation 4 Plant biotechnology and conservation of biodiversity 5 Role of biotechnology in medicinal plants 6 Exploring biotechnology for conserving Himalayan Biodiversity 7 Biodiversity and conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants 8 Plant biotechnology Potential impact for improving pest management in agriculture 9 Management of the appropriate agricultural biotechnology for small producers 10 Activities in biotechnology for food and agriculture 11 Plant genetic resources Advancing conservation and use through biotechnology 12 Status of conservation of the indigenous leaf vegetables and fruits 13 Plant biotechnology for sustainability With emphasis on climate change and endangered plants 14 Future of plant biotechnology 15 Agricultural biotechnology sector in India Issues impacting innovations 16 Conservation of threatened plants endemic to the region through botanical gardens 17 GMOs and Ecological sustainability Does the Genetic Modification of Crops 18 Biotechnology development strategy Bibliography IndexIt is estimated that up to 100000 plants representing more than one third of all the world?s plant species are currently threatened or face extinction in the wild Preservation of the plant biodiversity is essential for classical and modern genetic engineering plant breeding programmes Moreover this biodiversity provides a source of compounds to the pharmaceutical food and crop protection industries Since the 1970s large numbers of landraces and wild relatives of cultivated crops have been sampled and stored in ex situ gene banks It is estimated that 6 million samples of plant genetic resources are held in national regional international and private gene bank collections around the world Storage of desiccated seeds at low temperature the most convenient method to preserve plant germplasm is not applicable to crops that do not produce seed eg bananas or with recalcitrant seed ie non-orthodox seed that can not be dried to moisture contents that are low enough for storage as for instance many tropical trees 280 pp.…

Contents 1 Environment and agriculture an introduction 2 Poverty-environment interactions in agriculture 3 Environmental indicators for agriculture methods and results 4 Smallholder agriculture and the environment in a changing global context 5 Use of environmental lifecycle assessment to evaluate alternative agricultural production 6 Impact of agriculture on the environment 7 Precision agriculture and environmental quality challenges for research and education 8 Nitrates agriculture and environment 9 Economic importance of agriculture for poverty reduction 10 Urban agriculture and poverty reduction 11 Urban agriculture for sustainable poverty alleviation and food security 12 Land reform agriculture and poverty reduction 13 Agriculture and environment interlink with poverty dimension 14 Changes in global agriculture a framework for diagnosing ecosystem effects 16 Attacking poverty while improving the environment Bibliography IndexAgriculture can either sustain or degrade the environment The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has documented agriculture?s main negative effects on land and freshwater as well as the importance of agricultural landscapes in providing products for human sustenance supporting biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services Agricultural biodiversity refers to the variety of living species that are important to agriculture It comprises the diversity of genetic resources eg different varieties and breeds and species used in agriculture directly or indirectly including species that support production eg soil organisms and pollinators and broader ecosystems within which agriculture takes places eg pastoral forest and aquatic as well as the diversity of these agro-ecosystems themselves 280 pp.…

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