Colloquium on Plants and Population [[electronic resource] ] : Is There Time? / / [edited by Joel E. Cohen and Nina V. Federoff] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenJoel E
FedoroffNina V <1942-> (Nina Vsevolod) |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Food supply Biodiversity conservation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-21037-0
9786610210374 0-309-56930-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455895903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Colloquium on Plants and Population [[electronic resource] ] : Is There Time? / / [edited by Joel E. Cohen and Nina V. Federoff] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenJoel E
FedoroffNina V <1942-> (Nina Vsevolod) |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Food supply Biodiversity conservation |
ISBN |
1-280-21037-0
9786610210374 0-309-56930-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778646603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colloquium on Plants and Population : Is There Time? / / [edited by Joel E. Cohen and Nina V. Federoff] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenJoel E
FedoroffNina V <1942-> (Nina Vsevolod) |
Soggetto topico |
Agriculture
Food supply Biodiversity conservation |
ISBN |
1-280-21037-0
9786610210374 0-309-56930-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COLLOQUIUM ON PLANTS AND POPULATION: IS THERE TIME? -- Plants and Population: is there time? -- Contents -- Plants and population: Is there time? -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION AND PROSPECT: THE CHALLENGE -- COLLOQUIUM GOALS AND STRUCTURE -- INSIGHTS FROM THE COLLOQUIUM -- CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVE -- World food and agriculture: Outlook for the medium and longer term -- KEY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS -- WORLD PRODUCTION AND FOOD INSECURITY: AN UNCERTAIN LINK. -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- The growth of demand will limit output growth for food over the next quarter century -- Global and local implications of biotechnology and climate change for future food supplies -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE IFPRI-IMPACT MODEL -- III. SPECIFYING THE NONPRICE SUPPLY (AREA AND YIELD) TERMS -- IV. POLICY SCENARIOS -- V. POLICY SIMULATIONS -- VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX: THE IFPRI-IMPACT MODEL BASE CASE -- World food trends and prospects to 2025 -- CEREAL PRODUCTION TRENDS -- THE FUTURE: CEREAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY -- CONCLUSION -- Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity? -- THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (CGIAR) IN PRESERVING GENETIC RESOURCES -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES -- USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES IN MAIZE IMPROVEMENT -- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO UTILIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES -- GENETIC RESOURCES: WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS? -- Ecological approaches and the development of "truly integrated" pest management -- INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE FOR CONTROL OF INSECT PESTS -- ECOLOGY OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL -- CONCLUSIONS.
Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture -- THE NEED FOR ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION -- INTENSIFICATION IN FAVORABLE AND UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTS -- YIELD POTENTIAL -- SOIL QUALITY -- PRECISION AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- The transition to agricultural sustainability -- SUSTAINABILITY SCENARIOS -- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS C -- RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS -- Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds -- AGRONOMIC TRAITS -- DIFFERENTIATED CROPS -- PLANTS AS FACTORIES -- Use of plant roots for phytoremediation and molecular farming -- CONCLUSIONS -- Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer -- From pre-Hispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico -- Gardenification of tropical conserved wildlands: Multitasking, multicropping, and multiusers -- THE WILDLAND GARDEN -- THE WILDLAND YELLOW PAGES -- A TALE OF TWO FREEZERS -- BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING -- "ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CONTRACTS" BETWEEN THE WILDLAND GARDEN AND SOCIETY -- BE POSITIVE -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- Global environmental impacts of agricultural expansion: The need for sustainable and efficient practices -- THE ECOLOGY OF DOUBLING CROP PRODUCTION -- ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF DOUBLING GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION -- AGRICULTURE AND THE LOSS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES -- MORE OF THE SAME WILL NOT WORK -- ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABILITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Nitrogen management and the future of food: Lessons from the management of energy and carbon -- HOW THE NITROGEN CYCLE WORKS AND HOW IT IS BEING DISRUPTED -- WHY THE INCREASE IN STOCKS OF FIXED NITROGEN IS TROUBLESOME -- LESSONS FROM CARBON AND ENERGY FOR NITROGEN AND FOOD -- CONCLUSIONS. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825410003321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plant transposons and genome dynamics in evolution [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Nina V. Fedoroff |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken [N.J.], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.3/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FedoroffNina V <1942-> (Nina Vsevolod) |
Soggetto topico |
Plant genetics
Plant genomes Transposons Plants - Evolution |
ISBN |
1-118-50015-6
1-283-97781-8 1-118-50016-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The discovery of transposition / Nina V. Fedoroff -- A field guide to transposable elements / Alan H. Schulman and Thomas Wicker -- The mechanism of Ac/Ds transposition / Thomas Peterson and Jianbo Zhang -- McClintock and epigenetics / Nina V. Fedoroff -- Molecular mechanisms of transposon epigenetic regulation / Robert A. Martienssen and Vicki L. Chandler -- Transposons in plant gene regulation / Damon R. Lisch -- Imprinted gene expression and the contribution of transposable elements / Mary A. Gehring -- Transposons and gene creation / Hugo K. Dooner and Clifford F. Weil -- Transposons in plant speciation / Avraham A. Levy -- Transposons, genomic shock and genome evolution / Nina V. Fedoroff and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141513403321 |
Hoboken [N.J.], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plant transposons and genome dynamics in evolution / / editor, Nina V. Fedoroff |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken [N.J.], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.3/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FedoroffNina V <1942-> (Nina Vsevolod) |
Soggetto topico |
Plant genetics
Plant genomes Transposons Plants - Evolution |
ISBN |
1-118-50015-6
1-283-97781-8 1-118-50016-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The discovery of transposition / Nina V. Fedoroff -- A field guide to transposable elements / Alan H. Schulman and Thomas Wicker -- The mechanism of Ac/Ds transposition / Thomas Peterson and Jianbo Zhang -- McClintock and epigenetics / Nina V. Fedoroff -- Molecular mechanisms of transposon epigenetic regulation / Robert A. Martienssen and Vicki L. Chandler -- Transposons in plant gene regulation / Damon R. Lisch -- Imprinted gene expression and the contribution of transposable elements / Mary A. Gehring -- Transposons and gene creation / Hugo K. Dooner and Clifford F. Weil -- Transposons in plant speciation / Avraham A. Levy -- Transposons, genomic shock and genome evolution / Nina V. Fedoroff and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807155603321 |
Hoboken [N.J.], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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