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Scientific terminology in agricultural biotechnology / Akhil Mittal.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi, India : Random Publications, 2017Description: 304 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789386355140 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB494.5 B563M69 2017
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Contents:
Significant of agricultural biotechnology -- Modern biotechnological science of agriculture -- Biotechniques and the alternative agriculture -- Biotechnology in food and agriculture -- Economic perspectives of agricultural biotechnology -- Agricultural biotechnology of food security -- Microbiology in agricultural biotechnology.
Summary: "Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. (Veterinary science, but not animal science, is often excluded from the definition.) As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the environmental impact of agriculture in general and more recently intensive agriculture, industrial development, and population growth have raised many questions among agricultural scientists and have led to the development and emergence of new fields. These include technological fields that assume the solution to technological problems lies in better technology, such as integrated pest management, waste treatment technologies, landscape architecture, genomics, and agricultural philosophy fields that include references to food production as something essentially different from non-essential economic ‘goods’. In fact, the interaction between these two approaches provide a fertile field for deeper understanding in agricultural science. Clearly, biotechnology is more than genetic engineering. Indeed, some of the least controversial aspects of agricultural biotechnology are potentially the most powerful and the most beneficial for the poor. Genomics, for example, is revolutionizing our understanding of the ways genes, cells, organisms and ecosystems function and is opening new horizons for marker-assisted breeding and genetic resource management. At the same time, genetic engineering is a very powerful tool whose role should be carefully evaluated. It is important to understand how biotechnology – particularly genetic engineering – complements and extends other approaches if sensible decisions are to be made about its use. “This ‘Scientific Terminology for Agricultural Biotechnology’ provides a consolidated, comprehensive, latest and accessible list of terms and acronyms that are used regularly in biotechnology and its application to agriculture. It is intended to provide a convenient reference source for researchers, students and technicians."--Back cover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Significant of agricultural biotechnology -- Modern biotechnological science of agriculture -- Biotechniques and the alternative agriculture -- Biotechnology in food and agriculture -- Economic perspectives of agricultural biotechnology -- Agricultural biotechnology of food security -- Microbiology in agricultural biotechnology.

"Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. (Veterinary science, but not animal science, is often excluded from the definition.) As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the environmental impact of agriculture in general and more recently intensive agriculture, industrial development, and population growth have raised many questions among agricultural scientists and have led to the development and emergence of new fields. These include technological fields that assume the solution to technological problems lies in better technology, such as integrated pest management, waste treatment technologies, landscape architecture, genomics, and agricultural philosophy fields that include references to food production as something essentially different from non-essential economic ‘goods’. In fact, the interaction between these two approaches provide a fertile field for deeper understanding in agricultural science. Clearly, biotechnology is more than genetic engineering. Indeed, some of the least controversial aspects of agricultural biotechnology are potentially the most powerful and the most beneficial for the poor. Genomics, for example, is revolutionizing our understanding of the ways genes, cells, organisms and ecosystems function and is opening new horizons for marker-assisted breeding and genetic resource management. At the same time, genetic engineering is a very powerful tool whose role should be carefully evaluated. It is important to understand how biotechnology – particularly genetic engineering – complements and extends other approaches if sensible decisions are to be made about its use. “This ‘Scientific Terminology for Agricultural Biotechnology’ provides a consolidated, comprehensive, latest and accessible list of terms and acronyms that are used regularly in biotechnology and its application to agriculture. It is intended to provide a convenient reference source for researchers, students and technicians."--Back cover

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