Springer Plant Biotechnology: Experience and Future Prospects

Written in easy to follow language, the book presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all. This book updates and introduces the scope and method of plant biotechnologies and molecular breeding within the context of environmental analysis and assessment, a diminishing supply of productive arable land, scarce water resources and climate change. New plant breeding techniques including CRISPR-cas system are now tools to meet these challenges both in developed countries and in developing countries. Ethical issues, intellectual property rights, regulation policies in various countries related to agricultural biotechnology are examined. The rapid developments in plant biotechnology are explained to a large audience with relevant examples. New varieties of crops can be adapted to new climatic conditions in order to reduce pest-associated losses and the adverse abiotic effects    From the Back Cover Written in easy to follow language, the book presents cutting-edge agriculturally relevant plant biotechnologies and applications in a manner that is accessible to all. This book updates and introduces the scope and method of plant biotechnologies and molecular breeding within the context of environmental analysis and assessment, a diminishing supply of productive arable land, scarce water resources and climate change. New plant breeding techniques including CRISPR-cas system are now tools to meet these challenges both in developed countries and in developing countries. Ethical issues, intellectual property rights, regulation policies in various countries related to agricultural biotechnology are examined. The rapid developments in plant biotechnology are explained to a large audience with relevant examples. New varieties of crops can be adapted to new climatic conditions in order to reduce pest-associated losses and the adverse abiotic effects    About the Author Dr Agnès RICROCH PhD, HDR is a senior lecturer at AgroParisTech and Paris-Saclay University (France) and Adjunct Professor at Pennsylvania State University (USA) in agricultural biotechnology. Member of Academy of Agriculture  Marcel Kuntz is a plant physiologist. He is also publishing articles on the political controversy over GMOs and on aspects relevant to the philosophy of science  Dr. Surinder Chopra is a Professor, Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research focus is understanding genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of stress tolerance in maize and sorghum.