Overview
- Represents a one-stop reference to a key area of sustainability research
- Covers statistical tools used for modern animal breeding, as well as results of breeding for a wide variety of species and environments
- Examines future directions for a more productive and sustainable agriculture, from molecular approaches to crop physiology and agronomy
- Describes state-of-the-art applications of transgenic livestock and birds
- Addresses the grand challenge of sustainable aquaculture as a means of sustainable food production while helping to restore global capture fisheries
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Keywords
- Animal Breeding Sustainability
- Animal Genetics for Food
- Crop Science
- Crop Technology for Sustainability
- Crops Genetic Engineering
- Ocean Farming Technology
- Plant Molecular Farming
- Sustainable Aquaculture
- Sustainable Food Production
- Sustainable Ocean Farming
- Transgenic Fishes
- Transgenic Livestock and Food Production
- Transgenic Technologies
- Transgenic organisms
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Food Production
Editors: Paul Christou, Roxana Savin, Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Ignacy Misztal, C. Bruce A. Whitelaw
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5797-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5796-1
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5797-8
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 1869
Additional Information: In 3 volumes, sold as a set
Topics: Agriculture, Food Science, Sustainable Development, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Transgenics