Sustainable Food Production [electronic resource] edited by Paul Christou, Roxana Savin, Barry Costa-Pierce, Ignacy Misztal, Bruce Whitelaw.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Christou, Paul (Editor)
Savin, Roxana (Editor)
Costa-Pierce, Barry (Editor)
Misztal, Ignacy (Editor)
Whitelaw, Bruce (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Food science.
Sustainability.
Genetics.
Plant biotechnology.
Biology—Technique.
Online Access:
Springer English/International eBooks 2013 - Full Set: 2013 (Springer Link)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • From the Contents: Part I Animal Breeding and Genetics for Food.-Animal Breeding and Genetics, Introduction
  • Animal Breeding Methods and Sustainability
  • Animal Breeding, Foundations of Animal Breeding, Long-Term Challenges
  • Animal Breeding, Modeling in
  • Animal Genetic in Environment Interaction
  • Part II Crop Science and Technology
  • Abiotic Stress Tolerant Crops: Genes, Pathways and Bottlenecks
  • Biomass Crops for Biofuels and Bio-based Products
  • Biotechnology and Nutritional Improvement of Crops
  • Part III Ocean Farming and Sustainable Aquaculture Science and Technology
  • Aquaculture and Renewable Energy Systems, Integration of
  • Aquaculture, Ecological
  • Aquaculture, Integrated Multi-trophic (IMTA)
  • Part IV Transgenic Livestock for Food Production
  • Avian Specific Transgenesis
  • Disease-Resistant Transgenic Animals
  • Livestock Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
  • Nuclear Transfer to Produce Transgenic Mammals.