TY - BOOK AU - Murphy,Denis J. TI - Plants, biotechnology and agriculture T2 - Modular texts SN - 9781845936884 (pbk. : alk. paper) PY - 2011/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Plants, Cultivated KW - Agriculture KW - Botany, Economic KW - Plant biotechnology N1 - 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 ER -