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Sustainable Food Production

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Editors:
  1. Paul Christou

    1. Department de Produccio Vegetal i Ciencia Forestal, Universitat de Lleida/ICREA, Lleida, Spain
      Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Roxana Savin

    1. Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain

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  3. Barry A. Costa-Pierce

    1. University of New England, Marine Science Center, Biddeford, USA

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  4. Ignacy Misztal

    1. Department of Animal and Dairy Science Breeding and Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

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  5. C. Bruce A. Whitelaw

    1. The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Division of Developmental Biology, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK

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  • 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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Table of contents (89 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. A

    1. Abiotic Stress Tolerant Crops: Genes, Pathways and Bottlenecks

      • Korneel Vandenbroucke, Michael Metzlaff
      Pages 1-17

    2. Agroecological Basis for Managing Biotic Constraints

      • Claudio M. Ghersa
      Pages 18-30

    3. Agronomic Interactions with CO2 Sequestration

      • Rattan Lal
      Pages 31-37

    4. Animal Breeding and Genetics , Introduction

      • Ignacy Misztal
      Pages 38-40

    5. Animal Breeding Methods and Sustainability

      • Agustin Blasco
      Pages 41-57

    6. Animal Breeding, Foundations of

      • Guilherme J. M. Rosa
      Pages 58-78

    7. Animal Breeding , Long-Term Challenges

      • Peer Berg
      Pages 79-88

    8. Animal Breeding, Modeling in

      • Lawrence R. Schaeffer
      Pages 89-116

    9. Animal Genetic in Environment Interaction

      • Erling Strandberg
      Pages 117-126

    10. Animal Molecular Genetics from Major Genes to Genomics

      • Asko Mäki-Tanila
      Pages 127-151

    11. Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Systems, Integration of

      • Bela H. Buck, Gesche Krause
      Pages 152-173

    12. Aquaculture, Ecological

      • Barry A. Costa-Pierce
      Pages 174-183

    13. Aquaculture , Integrated Multi-trophic (IMTA)

      • Thierry Chopin
      Pages 184-205

    14. Aquaculture , Sustainability Science in

      • Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Glenn G. Page
      Pages 206-222

    15. Aquapod Systems for Sustainable Ocean Aquaculture

      • Stephen H. Page
      Pages 223-235

    16. Avian Specific Transgenesis

      • Michael J. McGrew
      Pages 236-249

  3. B

    1. Biomass Crops for Biofuels and Bio-based Products

      • Elizabeth E. Hood, Keat (Thomas) Teoh, Shivakumar P. Devaiah, Deborah Vicuna Requesens
      Pages 250-279

    2. Biotechnology and Nutritional Improvement of Crops

      • Gemma Farre, Sonia Gomez-Galera, Shaista Naqvi, Chao Bai, Georgina Sanahuja, Dawei Yuan et al.
      Pages 280-327

    3. Breeding in Beef Cattle

      • Matthew L. Spangler
      Pages 328-345
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About this book

Population growth in the coming decades will put severe pressure on human food, animal feed, and fiber production from both land and ocean ecosystems.  Environmental sustainability and social justice are increasingly important elements in debates on how to ensure adequate food for a  growing global population.  Gathering approximately 90 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Sustainable Food Production provides comprehensive coverage of this vital area of current research.  Sections on animal breeding and genetics for food, crop science and technology, ocean farming and sustainable aquaculture science and technology, and transgenic livestock for food discuss state-of-the-art scientific advances, and place them in their proper scientific, environmental, ethical, socio-economic, and political contexts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department de Produccio Vegetal i Ciencia Forestal, Universitat de Lleida/ICREA, Lleida, Spain

    Paul Christou

  • Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

    Paul Christou

  • Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain

    Roxana Savin

  • University of New England, Marine Science Center, Biddeford, USA

    Barry A. Costa-Pierce

  • Department of Animal and Dairy Science Breeding and Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    Ignacy Misztal

  • The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Division of Developmental Biology, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK

    C. Bruce A. Whitelaw

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